/go-dotenv

Go dotenv parsing library for direnv

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go-dotenv

STATUS: deprecated. Use github.com/direnv/direnv/pkg/dotenv instead.

Go parsing library for the dotenv format.

There is no formal definition of the dotenv format but it has been introduced by https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv which is thus canonical. This library is a port of that.

This library was developed specifically for direnv.

Features

  • k=v format
  • bash export k=v format
  • yaml k: v format
  • variable expansion, including default values as in ${FOO:-default}
  • comments

Missing

  • probably needs API breakage

Alternatives

Some other good alternatives with various variations.