Envdist

What is it?

Envdist - is CLI tool for generation .env files from .env.dist.

CLI Interface envdist [environment] [flag].

Installation

$ npm i -g envdist

or

$ npm i -D envdist

You can set the package as global or dev dependency

Place	Command	Usage example
Global	npm i -g envdist	$ envdist
Dev	npm i -D envdist	$ npx envdist $ ./node_modules/.bin/envdist

Usage

Base usage

Create .env.dist file. For example.

#Application settings
 
NODE_ENV = <Environment>  # development
PORT = <Application port> # 3000

Execute

For manually enter (the environment is defined automatically from the NODE_ENV variable):

$ envdist

For manually enter variables of development environment:

$ envdist development

Generate file from environment variables (suitable for use in deploy or runnig CI/CD):

$ envdist production -e

Force generation (Sets default values else trying fetch from environment variables else set empty value):

$ envdist development -f

Configuration

Insert this config to package.json.

  "env": {
    "path": ".",
    "dist": ".env.dist",
    "pattern": ".env",
    "strategies": {
      "manual": ["", "dev"],
      "variables": ["prod", "stage", "test"]
    }
  }

Options

Option	Description
path	Path to your env.dist file. For example './env'. Default: '.'.
dist	Dist file name. If you have many dist files then you can use pattern '*.env.dist'. For environment test dist file will be test.env.dist. Default: '.env.dist'.
pattern	Pattern for output .env files. You can usage pattern as in dist option. Default: '.env'.
strategies	This parameter contains the manual and variables properties to declare the default strategy using the NODE_ENV variable. manual equal run envdist [ENV] or envdist [ENV] -m. variables equal run envdist [ENV] -e

Auto creation .env files after installation packages NPM

Just add to your package.json next script

{
  "scripts": {
    "install": "npx envdist"
  }
}

Triggered on npm install or npm i.

Enjoy!