nodenv-vars

This is a plugin for nodenv that lets you set global and project-specific environment variables before spawning Node processes.

Installation

To install nodenv-vars, clone this repository into your $(nodenv root)/plugins directory. (You'll need a recent version of nodenv that supports plugin bundles.)

$ mkdir -p $(nodenv root)/plugins
$ cd $(nodenv root)/plugins
$ git clone https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv-vars.git

Usage

Define environment variables in an .nodenv-vars file in your project, one variable per line, in the format VAR=value. For example:

HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ACCOUNT=nodenv
HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_TOKEN=somerandomtoken
HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ROOMS=some,campfire,rooms

You can perform variable substitution with the traditional $ syntax. For example, to append to HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ROOMS:

HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ROOMS=$HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ROOMS:some,extra,rooms

You may also have conditional variable assignments, such that a variable will only be set if it is not already defined or is blank:

USER_ID?=OiNutter

In the above case, USER_ID will only be set if $USER_ID is currently empty (i.e., if [ -z "$USER_ID" ] is true).

Spaces are allowed in values; quoting is not necessary. Expansion and command substitution are not allowed. Lines beginning with # or any lines not in the format VAR=value will be ignored.

Variables specified in the $(nodenv root)/vars file will be set first. Then variables specified in .nodenv-vars files in any parent directories of the current directory will be set. Variables from the .nodenv-vars file in the current directory are set last.

Use the nodenv vars command to print all environment variables in the order they'll be set.

Credits

Forked from Sam Stephenson's rbenv-vars by Will McKenzie and modified for nodenv.