$ envdist production -f
In automated pipelines, you can use these tools to generate proper .env files on the fly. For example, you might run envdist production -e in your deployment script to generate production configuration from environment variables set in your CI/CD system.
By adopting .env.dist.local today, you:
In a robust environment configuration system, you typically work with a hierarchy of files. The loading order is key, as later files override the values in earlier ones. A common and comprehensive hierarchy is as follows (with each succeeding file having higher priority):
So, where does .env.dist.local fit in? It is simply a naming variant of .env.local used in some tooling conventions. Its purpose is to serve as a template for a local override file , though it is less common than using .env.local directly. .env.dist.local
STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY=pk_test_dummy STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=sk_test_dummy
touch .env.dist.local
REDIS_HOST=localhost REDIS_PORT=6379 CACHE_TTL=3600
