.env.go.local Jun 2026

PORT=8080 DB_HOST=localhost DB_PORT=5432 DB_USER=postgres LOG_LEVEL=info

: You should almost always add *.local or .env.go.local to your .gitignore file to ensure your private secrets never reach your shared repository. .env.go.local

// Override with .env.go.local – fails silently if not present _ = godotenv.Overload(".env.go.local") AWS Secrets Manager

While .env.go.local is ignored by Git, commit real secrets. Use a secrets manager (e.g., Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, 1Password CLI) in production, and keep local secrets out of version control entirely. 1Password CLI) in production

func main() if os.Getenv("GO_ENV") == "local" config.LocalOverrides()

.env.go.local is a specialized environment variable file used in Go projects to store sensitive or machine-specific configurations that should not be shared with other developers. Purpose and Usage While standard

Feature flags and local overrides