I've created a command-line tool called Envar.
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envar
This is a command-line tool that automatically switches values of environment variables based on the current directory path.
envar
This is a command-line tool that automatically switches values of environment variables based on the current directory path.
- Place the
envarbinary - Install the shell hook
- Write the configuration file
Place the envar binary
Run go build and place the binary file in your PATH.
Install the shell hook
Add this line to your .bashrc:
eval "$(envar hook)"and add this line to your .bash_logout:
envar hook logout $$Write the configuration file
The configuration file uses YAML. It is located at $CONFIG_DIR/envar/vars.yaml and $CONFIG_DIR/envar/execs.yaml. $CONFIG_DIR is the value returned by os.UserConfigDir().
vars.yaml is used to define environment variable values. For example:
FOO_VAR:
path/to/dir: foo-value-1
other/path: foo-value-2
other/path/never: foo-value-3
# This is a comment line
~/projects: foo-value-4
"spacial dir/path": foo-value-5
BAR_VAR:
another/dir: bar-value-1The directory path/to/dir…
This is a tool that allows switching environment variable values on a per-directory basis.
For example, you can configure an environment variable named FOO to return the value hoge when in the directory path/to/A, and fuga when in the directory path/to/B. This configuration is specified in a vars.yaml file like this:
FOO:
path/to/A: hoge
path/to/B: fuga
You can also configure environment variables to derive their values from the output of other commands.
This example is excerpted from my own configuration files and demonstrates switching between personal and work accounts when using the gh command.
# vars.yaml
GH_TOKEN:
/home/kazuki/Projects/Work:
gh: kakkun61_work
/home/kazuki/Projects:
gh: kakkun61
# execs.yaml
gh: gh auth token --user %s
Frequently Asked Questions Maybe
What's the difference between this and direnv?
Direnv works by writing configuration files containing environment variables you want to set in that directory, primarily for environment variables needed by all users of a project. These are project-specific environment variables.
In contrast, envar stores configuration files in the user-specific settings directory (e.g., ~/.config/envar). It's designed for setting environment variables that serve personal needs, such as account switching in the above example.
Which shell versions are supported?
Currently, only bash is supported. If there's demand, I may add support for zsh as well.
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