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+date: '2023-03-24'
+title: '.env files in Eleventy'
+draft: false
+tags: ['.env', '11ty', 'eleventy']
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+**dotenv-flow:**    
+> **dotenv-flow** extends **dotenv** adding the ability to have multiple `.env*` files like `.env.development`, `.env.test` and `.env.production`, also allowing defined variables to be overwritten individually in the appropriate `.env*.local` file.
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+The Eleventy docs recommend the `dotenv` package for working with `.env` files[^1], but I've found `dotenv-flow` to be a bit more useful inasmuch as support for `.env*` file patterns make development more convenient.<!-- excerpt -->
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+[^1]: Which is awesome — it works perfectly.
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