Overmind ignores variables set in `.env.local` that are already set in `.env` about overmind HOT 5 CLOSED

Looks like it's your local issue, I can't reproduce it. Overmind reloads every variable that specified in env files, and it loads a file from OVERMIND_ENV last. Please make sure about naming.

Procfile.test

redis_host: echo REDIS_HOST is $REDIS_HOST

$ OVERMIND_ENV=.env.local overmind s -f Procfile.test                                                                       16:17
system     | Listening at ...
system     | Tmux socket name: overmind-overmind-QYXtYFV8I_dsjtP6fysYJu
system     | Tmux session ID: overmind
redis_host | Started with pid 95600...
redis_host | REDIS_HOST is localhost
redis_host | Exited

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Thanks for checking this out!

It looks like the problem is that I expected it to work like the Ruby implementation of dotenv, which loads .env, followed by .env.local. However, since you're using the Go implementation, it only loads .env, and ignores .env.local entirely.

Since Overmind is not written specifically for Ruby environments, I'll go ahead close this issue.

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When you set OVERMIND_ENV=.env.local, overmind uses it as a last env file, so it should work like you expect. Unfortunately, I have no idea why it works for me and doesn't work for you :(

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OVERMIND_ENV=.env.local overmind s works perfectly fine. :)

I expected it to load .env.local by running just overmind s, which it doesn't.

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Oh, got it :) Yeah, you're right

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