README.md

envproto: DRY environment management by @nodeproto

• default env vars defined in package.json.config
• can be overridden in .env file
• no need for .env.default file: just use your pkg.json.config!

TLDR

1. create a .env file

2. specify env vars with keys matching the values you have in your package.json config

   • if a key is set with no value, the default will be taken from the package.json.config
   • if a key has a value, that will be used instead
   • secret keys should not be set in package.json.config

     # NODE_OPTIONS will use the default value provided in package.json.config.NODE_OPTIONS
     NODE_OPTIONS=
   
     # NODE_ENV will use the value specified here
     # and not the defualt value provided in package.json.config.NODE_ENV
     NODE_ENV=production
   
     # SECRET_KEY should not be set in package.json.config
     # we will still inject it into the environment
     SECRET_KEY=poop
   

links

• nodejs CLI options
  • incompatible with @nodeproto architecture:
    • --disallow-code-generation-from-strings
    • --preserve-symlinks
    • --preserve-symlinks-main
• node config spec