.env file best practices

Keep examples in git, secrets in a vault, and local files regenerable. Separate environments deliberately.

One example file, many real environments

Maintain .env.example for documentation. Store development, staging, and production values as separate environments in EANVI.

Avoid committing machine-specific paths as secrets

Keep secrets for credentials. Local filesystem paths and developer-only toggles can stay in personal override files that are never shared.

Pull before you push

When collaborating, pull remote changes before pushing local edits so you do not overwrite a teammate’s update. EANVI CLI workflows include concurrency checks on push.

Related resources

.env management
Team sharing
Env var best practices

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