snirt / envars

envars

this is a simple cli tool that stores your project's environement variables in encrypted KeePass database. THIS TOOL IS FOR DEVELOPMENT ONLY - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!

how to build the code?

• install go on your machine
• run git clone https://github.com/snirt/envars.git
• cd envars
• go build -ldflags "-s -w" -o "./bin/envars" .
• now you can copy the file that created in the bin folder to /usr/local/bin/ or create a soft link.

how to use it?

envars -h will list the tool's commands

example

• open your project's directory in terminal
• run envars or envars add
• now you should choose your database password
• to be able to access the database you should export your master password to the session: export ENVARS_PWD=YOUR_PASSWORD
• now you can list your environment variables: envars ls
• eval $(envars list --export) command will export all your variables to the current session.
• create an alias by adding this line to your shell configuration: alias export_vars='eval $(envars list -e)'

how to use it in VSCode?

• open your launch.json file
• add to your json object in configurations this: "console": "integratedTerminal",
• open the integrated terminal and export your project's master password as described above: export ENVARS_PWD=YOUR_PASSWORD
• run export_vars
• now you can run your code and your environment variables are safe. they will e available until you'll close the terminal session.

envars's Issues

create and define a database interface