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[ChaseKnowlden]

Node.js 20.6.0 is the first version to include native support for .env files.

https://dev.to/cjreads665/nodejs-2060-say-goodbye-to-dotenv-2ijl.

[rakeshlanjewar]

Politely "Hello", This is really mean.

This package is still being used in many other repositories and companies. And the time is yet to come to retire this package.

[motdotla]

Node adding built-in .env file support is exciting but it's still early, experimental, and there are multiple caveats.

You can read about the caveats here: https://www.dotenv.org/blog/2023/10/28/node-20-6-0-includes-built-in-support-for-env-files.html

[motdotla]

the node team is still working on parity with dotenv. it will take some time (years really because many companies are on older versions of node that do not have dotenv support), but we are starting to shift our attention toward keeping your .env files safe

here are a couple tools we added you might find useful:

• precommit hook - prevent your .env files from being committed to code
• prebuild hook - prevent your .env files from being included in a docker container

[quantuminformation]

atm I'm using node 20, and I tried to use dotenv, but I'm not seeing my vars populated:

key: process.env.API_SECRET || "",

I am just seeing '' as a value

.env at project root

// stored in /app/data/common.ts

/*
import "dotenv/config";
console.log(process.env); // Log to see all environment variables
*/

import dotenv from 'dotenv';
dotenv.config();

[motdotla]

@quantuminformation make sure your .env file is in the root of your process.

or, you can consider switching to dotenvx - a better dotenv, created by yours truly.

[quantuminformation]

i ended up just doing this thx:

tsx --env-file=../../.env patch product products local

../../ is sad