.env.vault.local
Manual sync is slow. Secrets rotate, causing drift. Production keys end up scattered on laptops.
If you’ve been using Dotenv to manage your environment variables, you’re likely familiar with the classic .env file. You’re also probably familiar with the "Secret Sprawl" headache: sharing keys over Slack, losing track of which developer has which version of a file, and the constant fear of accidentally committing a secret to GitHub. .env.vault.local
# Encrypted secrets DB_PASSWORD= encrypted_value_here API_KEY= encrypted_value_here Manual sync is slow
echo $DOTENV_KEY_LOCAL # Should start with "dotenv://" Manual sync is slow. Secrets rotate
