A simple snippet to help sync .env files across repositories and workstations.
When you execute the function, it will get all .env files (pattern is changeable) recursivley from the current directory and generate you command that will copy them at the same place.
The second command you can run in another repository/directory/workstation and the same .env files will be created there.
For an example check the [Usage](#Usage - Linux/Mac) section.
Put the following snippet in your ~/.bashrc (or whatever profile or rc method you use) file and reload it:
function xxenv-sync() {
local _env_pattern="*.env"
local _backup_on_paste=false
local NC="\e[m"
# Normal Colors
local Black='\e[0;30m' # Black
local Red='\e[0;31m' # Red
local Green='\e[0;32m' # Green
local Yellow='\e[0;33m' # Yellow
local Blue='\e[0;34m' # Blue
local Purple='\e[0;35m' # Purple
local Cyan='\e[0;36m' # Cyan
local White='\e[0;37m' # White
# Bold
local BBlack='\e[1;30m' # Black
local BRed='\e[1;31m' # Red
local BGreen='\e[1;32m' # Green
local BYellow='\e[1;33m' # Yellow
local BBlue='\e[1;34m' # Blue
local BPurple='\e[1;35m' # Purple
local BCyan='\e[1;36m' # Cyan
local BWhite='\e[1;37m' # White
echo -ne "${BBlue}======= ENV files in${NC} ${BRed}$(pwd)${BBlue} =======${NC}\n"
env_files=()
for file in $(find . -name $_env_pattern -type f); do
echo -ne "${BGreen}=== $file${NC} | lines: ${BRed}$(wc -l "$file" | awk '{print $1}')${NC} | size:${BGreen} $(du -sh $file | awk '{print $1}')${NC} | sha256: ${BRed}$(sha256sum "$file" | awk '{print $1}')${NC}\n"
if [ ! -s "$file" ]; then continue; fi
cat "$file"
echo -ne "\n\n"
env_files+=("$file")
done
echo -ne "${BBlue}======= Copy ENV files - paste on another machine/repo =======${NC}\n"
echo ""
if [ ${#env_files[@]} -eq 0 ]; then echo "All env files are empty. Skipping..."; return; fi
echo "function xxenv-paste () {"
for file in "${env_files[@]}"; do
if [ ! -s "$file" ]; then continue; fi
if [ "$_backup_on_paste" = true ] && [ -f "$file" ]; then
echo -ne " cp \"$file\" \"$file.backup.\$(date +%s).env\"\n"
fi
fileContent=$(cat "$file" | base64 -w 0)
echo -ne " _file=\"$file\"; mkdir -p \"\$(dirname \$_file)\"; echo \"$fileContent\" | base64 -d >| \"\$_file\";\n"
done
echo "};"
echo -ne "xxenv-paste\n\n"
echo -ne "${BBlue}======= Metadata =======${NC}\n"
local _total_env_file_lines
_total_env_file_lines=$(wc -l < <(printf "%s\n" "${env_files[@]}"))
echo -ne "Date: ${BRed}$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")${NC}\n"
echo -ne "Total non-empty env files: ${BRed}${#env_files[@]}${NC}\n"
echo -ne "Total lines: ${BRed}$_total_env_file_lines${NC}\n"
echo -ne "Env pattern: ${BRed}$_env_pattern${NC}\n"
echo -ne "Folder path: ${BRed}$(pwd)${NC}\n"
}
After that cd into a repository (or just a folder) of your choice and run:
xxenv-syncTo replicate the .env files in another repository/directory/workstation, cd into it (on the same level as the original one), copy the output command of the previous one from function xxenv-paste to xxenv-paste and run the output command ex.:
function xxenv-paste () {
_file="./terraform-infra/a-nested-app/.env"; mkdir -p "$(dirname $_file)"; echo "SEk9V09STEQK" | base64 -d >| "$_file"
_file="./terraform-infra/a-nested-app/we-must-go-deeper/.env"; mkdir -p "$(dirname $_file)"; echo "U09NRV9BUElfS0VZPTEyMzQ1Njc4OTAKSldUX1BSSVZBVEVfS0VZPXN3b3JkZmlzaA==" | base64 -d >| "$_file"
_file="./terraform-infra/someapp-1/.env"; mkdir -p "$(dirname $_file)"; echo "TE9SRU09SVBTVU0KRE9MT1I9U0lU" | base64 -d >| "$_file"
_file="./.env"; mkdir -p "$(dirname $_file)"; echo "VEVTVF9TRUNSRVQ9VEVTVApCSUdfU0VDUkVUPWJpZwo=" | base64 -d >| "$_file"
}
xxenv-paste
# TODO- Add Windows support.
- Test on Mac.
- Full POSIX compliance.
- Add support for other shells (zsh, fish, etc).
- Add parameter for interactive input.
- Add parameter for single output in base with encode and compress.