How to pick specific .env file? about react-env HOT 3 CLOSED

To read in a specific file via an argument you would use the --path flag e.g. to read in .env.staging

react-env --path .env.staging 

You are using the --env flag which looks for an existing environment variable by that name and then finds the env file from that name. e.g. APP_ENV=production along with --env APP_ENV would load .env.production

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fair call...! thank you. Would you mind writing up a small PR on the docs?

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@andrewmclagan ,
it would be better if you make it clear that we should set APP_ENV as an environment variable in terminal.

because for now with the example you've written, we might be confused as "you have to replace 'APP_ENV' with the name of environment you want". (As a result, we might end up writing react-env --env staging instead of APP_ENV=staging react-env --env APP_ENV.)

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