swenv

Tired of manually rewriting .env file just to change the enviroment? This little CLI app does the job for you!

Prepare a couple of .env.enviroment files like .env.dev or .env.prod and switch quickly between them with swenv sw <enviroment>.

Selected enviroment will be copied into the .env file.

Install

Homebrew (macOS and Linux)

brew install BasileosFelices/tap/swenv

To upgrade:

brew upgrade swenv

Scoop (Windows)

scoop bucket add BasileosFelices https://github.com/BasileosFelices/scoop-bucket
scoop install swenv

To upgrade:

scoop update swenv

Go install

go install github.com/BasileosFelices/swenv@latest

GitHub Releases

Download the appropriate binary from the Releases page for your platform.

Usage

You can allways run swenv --help for all available commands. Currently however there are just two commands:

• swenv list/ls - Lists currently available enviroment files
• swenv switch/sw <enviroment> - Switches to desired enviroment

For simple use you can use swenv <enviroment> without the switch command. No argument acts like the list command.

The current .env file is always backed up to .env.swenv.envbackup

Troubleshooting

macOS: "swenv cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified"

This happens because the binary isn't code-signed. To fix:

1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security
2. Scroll down and click "Open Anyway" next to the swenv warning

Or run:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine $(which swenv)

Recommended .gitignore

I recommend adding the following into your project .gitignore file. It prevents all enviroment files from being commited while allowing the examples.

# env files
.env*
!.env*.example