direnv

go-dotenv

Go parsing library for the dotenv format.

There is no formal definition of the dotenv format but it has been introduced by https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv which is thus canonical. This library is a port of that.

This library was developed specifically for direnv.

Features

• k=v format
• bash export k=v format
• yaml k: v format
• variable expansion, including default values as in ${FOO:-default}
• comments

Missing

• probably needs API breakage

Alternatives

Some other good alternatives with various variations.

• https://github.com/joho/godotenv
• https://github.com/lazureykis/dotenv
• https://github.com/subosito/gotenv

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