Add feature to automatically pick .env file(s) from project_root directory

[mtahirtariq]

Thanks for this awesome project, it solved a lot of issues with env management for me :).
I believe it would be awesome to add a feature (may be disabled by default) which when enabled make EnvFile to automatically load .env file(s) from project_root.
So that we enable this feature and we don't need to add .env files in run configuration for each project we just place the .env file in project_root and it will automatically be loaded.

[ashald]

At the first glance this sounds as a cool idea but on a 2nd thought I'm wondering whether this is really a good thing to do. After all, there are too many questions and unclarity. What if there are several .env files? It might be non-intuitive where variables are coming from and so on. I believe you can try to achieve similar functionality by editing the run configuration template you use. If that sounds good for you please give it a try and let me know how it worked.

[ashald]

Any feedback on proposed workaround with run configuration templates?

[iddan]

The common practice is to only load a file with the exact name .env. Other .env files should be consumed explicitly

[ashald]

Does the workaround proposed here works to enable the desired behavior #55 (comment) ?

[iddan]

Yeah, it's more of a matter of defaults.

[aotd1]

It can be achieved using the IDE notification dialog.
If .env file exists in project, plugin can propose popup dialog to automatically add it in all / specific run configuration (s).

[devurandom]

I believe you can try to achieve similar functionality by editing the run configuration template you use. If that sounds good for you please give it a try and let me know how it worked.

Thanks for the hint! I tried it (https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/run-debug-configuration.html#templates explains where to find the config) and it works very well. I especially like that (after you have figured out how to do it) it is very obvious which variables from which files are loaded where -- no automagic. :)