Change NODE_ENV in production

[antonykamp]

Hey,

I have a small question concerning the NODE_ENV variable :)

At the moment, it depends on NODE_ENV whether the application sends an email or creates a preview of the message (like in the blitz default project). Let's assume that a "main"- and "develop"-environment exists (both run with blitz build, blitz start).
What I want to do is sending emails with the main- and creating previews with the develop-environment :/ I tried to set NODE_ENV manually, but it looks like blitz (or something else) overwrites this to production.

Do you guys know a nice workaround? :) Maybe the mailer should depend on something else 🤷
Thank you!

[flybayer]

We inherit that behavior from next.js. Here's what I do:

# .env
APP_ENV=development

# .env.production
APP_ENV=production

# .env.test
APP_ENV=test

And then you can set custom APP_ENV values like STAGING

[antonykamp]

That's exactly what I was looking for! 🥳
Thank you!