undefined method 'join' for nil:NilClass - Rails

[chrisjbatts]

Followed the instructions on the readme and found an error at the point where the config/application.rb instructs the following:

# config/application.rb
Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)

Dotenv::Railtie.load

Error:

gems/dotenv-rails-1.0.2/lib/dotenv/rails.rb:17:in `load': undefined method `join' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)

Rails console and rspec failed to run with the error.

Patched the error by entirely removing:

Dotenv::Railtie.load

and then adding the following inside the rails application module/class:

module RailsAppName
  class Application < Rails::Application
    Dotenv.load Rails.root.join('.env')
  end
end 

Is this a known bug?

[chrisjbatts]

Also a request for the readme: any time an env variable stored in the .env file is called, the source needs to be wrapped in erb tags. e.g. in secrets.yml:

secret_key_for_something: <%= ENV["abcdefg"] %>

[bkeepers]

Yeah, this is a known bug. Rails 4.1ish break Rails.root before the app is initialized.

#144 (comment)

[j-mcnally]

My work around for now is

Dotenv.load(File.expand_path("../../.env.#{Rails.env}", __FILE__))

[chrisjbatts]

cheers, will give it a try on the next project - probably about 2 weeks or so

[krishnasrihari]

Thanks, mcnally code works for me.

Dotenv.load(File.expand_path("../../.env.#{Rails.env}", FILE))