Clone heroku environment variables to a .env file for foreman

heroku_env_clone.rake

desc "Clone heroku environment variables to a .env file for foreman'"
namespace :heroku do
  namespace :env do
    task :clone => :environment do
      ignore_list = [
        "DATABASE_URL",
        "GEM_PATH", 
        "LANG",
        "LOG_LEVEL",
        "PATH",
        "RACK_ENV",
        "RAILS_ENV",
        "SHARED_DATABASE_URL"
      ]
      puts 'Fetch heroku config'
      config = `heroku config`
      output = ''
      config.lines.each do |line|
        match = line.match(/([A-Z_]*)\s*=>\s*(.*)/)
        next if ignore_list.include?(match[1])
        output << "#{match[1]}=#{match[2]}\n"
      end
      file = "#{Rails.root}/.env"
      puts "Outputting to #{file}"
      File.open(file, "w+") do |f|
        f.write(output)
      end
    end
  end
end

Good idea. I was googling for something that would push my .env file to Heroku and came across this: https://github.com/ddollar/heroku-config. It will do the pull as well.

Sweet, I had not seen that. Nice find.

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On Wednesday, 14 March 2012 at 13:37, Michael McClenaghan wrote: Good idea. I was googling for something that would push my .env file to Heroku and came across this: https://github.com/ddollar/heroku-config. It will do the pull as well. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/2012655