Search for .env in current directory #73
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Pull Request Overview
This PR fixes the .env file loading behavior to search in the current working directory instead of the script's location. The change addresses a common issue where load_dotenv() defaults to the script's directory rather than the current working directory.
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- Added
find_dotenvimport from dotenv module - Modified
load_dotenv()to usefind_dotenv(usecwd=True)for cwd-based search
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Apparently
load_dotenv()uses the location of the script by default, not thecwd.