Automatically load .env files

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Automatically load .env files

I use .env environment variable files in every project. Docker Compose supports .env files. And now direnv supports them too. direnv is a cli tool that detects a .envrc or .env file and runs source .env automatically for you when you cd into a project directory.

1. Install Homebrew.

2. Install direnv.

    brew install direnv
   

3. Follow these instructions to add the direnv hook to your shell.

4. Create a direnv config directory.

    mkdir -p ~/.config/direnv
   

5. Copy this snippet telling direnv to load .env files in addition to the default .envrc files.

    [global]
   
    load_dotenv=true
   

6. Create a direnv config file.

    pbpaste > ~/.config/direnv/direnv.toml
   

7. Restart your Terminal, and .env files will load automatically.