.env.vault.local 💎

# In your .bashrc or .zshrc export DOTENV_KEY_LOCAL="dotenv://:key_1234@..." require('dotenv').config( path: '.env.vault.local' )

npx dotenv-vault local push # Encrypt and push local overrides to .env.vault.local To read .env.vault.local , the application needs a DOTENV_KEY . However, unlike the main .env.vault , the .local variant is often tied to a development-specific key stored in your shell profile (e.g., ~/.zshrc ). .env.vault.local

If the same variable exists in both .env.vault and .env.vault.local , the value from wins. Structure of a .env.vault.local File Unlike a standard .env file, this file does not contain plaintext. It contains a JSON structure with encrypted blobs. # In your