Fork OSX doesn't load environment variables.

[IcemarkUK]

I have an Android Studio project.

The repos I am using has a pre commit hook that runs a gradle command.

When I commit through Fork it fails because JAVA_HOME is not set and therefore picking up the incorrect java version, and no environment variables are not set.

My Fork terminal client is set to terminal, and I can see the correct JAVA_HOME and environment variables if I run a terminal. It seems that Fork is not picking them up.

If I open a terminal and then run open -a "Fork" then it works fine.

[DanPristupov]

https://github.com/fork-dev/Tracker/issues?q=hook+env

There's no way to get ENV of some other process.

open -a Fork is what you should do if you want to make Fork have ENV of terminal.

[MarximusMaximus]

If you want global env vars for GUI apps on macOS, you need to set them using a LaunchAgent, a shell script, and launchctl. I have a vague memory that it was possible in one step, not three, but it's been quite some time. Perhaps I'm confusing it with something else.

Pulled from the internet:

I've done it now with a LaunchAgent. The plist file ist located in $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents
It runs a shell script in ~/.bin which for itself calls launchctl setenv <VARIABLE_NAME>
When MacOS boots and I log in, it loads the agent and the environment variable is set.

[IcemarkUK]

https://github.com/fork-dev/Tracker/issues?q=hook+env

There's no way to get ENV of some other process.

open -a Fork is what you should do if you want to make Fork have ENV of terminal.

Oh... I just presumed that as the terminal client was in fact "terminal" that it would automatically pickup .zshenv like Android Studio appears to.