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date: '2023-03-24'
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title: '.env files in Eleventy'
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draft: false
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tags: ['env', 'Eleventy']
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**dotenv-flow:**
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> **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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