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direnv — Shell extension to load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory. More in

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Problem

How to use the direnv command: Shell extension to load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory. More information: <https://github.com/direnv/direnv/blob/master/man/direnv.1.md>.

Solution

direnv — Shell extension to load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory. More information: <https://github.com/direnv/direnv/blob/master/man/direnv.1.md>.

Grant direnv permission to load the .envrc present in the current directory:

direnv allow {{.}}

Revoke the authorization to load the .envrc present in the current directory:

direnv deny {{.}}

Edit the .envrc file in the default text editor and reload the environment on exit:

direnv edit {{.}}

Trigger a reload of the environment:

direnv reload

Print some debug status information:

direnv status

Code Snippets

Grant direnv permission to load the `.envrc` present in the current directory

direnv allow {{.}}

Revoke the authorization to load the `.envrc` present in the current directory

direnv deny {{.}}

Edit the `.envrc` file in the default text editor and reload the environment on exit

direnv edit {{.}}

Trigger a reload of the environment

direnv reload

Print some debug status information

direnv status

Context

tldr-pages: common/direnv

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