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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/curvy-pandas-stop.md
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"@bigcommerce/catalyst": patch
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Remove the reading of default environment variable files.

## Migration

Ensure that environment variables are passed explicitly using flags if they are not already included in the `project.json` config file.
12 changes: 0 additions & 12 deletions packages/catalyst/src/cli/program.ts
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import { Command } from 'commander';
import { colorize } from 'consola/utils';
import { config } from 'dotenv';
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import { resolve } from 'node:path';

import PACKAGE_INFO from '../../package.json';

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export const program = new Command();

config({
path: [
resolve(process.cwd(), '.env'),
resolve(process.cwd(), '.env.local'),
// Assumes the parent directory is the monorepo root:
resolve(process.cwd(), '..', '.env'),
resolve(process.cwd(), '..', '.env.local'),
],
});

consola.log(colorize('cyanBright', `◢ ${PACKAGE_INFO.name} v${PACKAGE_INFO.version}\n`));

program
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