Added expanding of \n to newlines if value is double quoted

motdotla · Aug 23, 2013 · 599144a · 599144a
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diff --git a/.env b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 BASIC=basic
 SINGLE_QUOTES='single_quotes'
 DOUBLE_QUOTES="double_quotes"
+EXPAND_NEWLINES="expand\nnewlines"
+DONT_EXPAND_NEWLINES_1=dontexpand\nnewlines
+DONT_EXPAND_NEWLINES_2='dontexpand\nnewlines'
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ function dotenv() {
           var key_value_array = lines[i].split("=");
           var key             = key_value_array[0].trim();
           var value           = key_value_array[1].trim();
+
+          if (value.charAt(0) === '"' && value.charAt(value.length-1) == '"') {
+            value               = value.replace(/\\n/gm, "\n");
+          }
+
           value               = value.replace(/['"]/gm, '');
 
           process.env[key]    = value;

diff --git a/test/main.js b/test/main.js
@@ -28,5 +28,10 @@ describe('dotenv', function() {
     it('sets single quotes environment variables', function() {
       process.env.SINGLE_QUOTES.should.eql("single_quotes");
     });
+    it('expands newlines but only if double quoted', function() {
+      process.env.EXPAND_NEWLINES.should.eql("expand\nnewlines");
+      process.env.DONT_EXPAND_NEWLINES_1.should.eql("dontexpand\\nnewlines");
+      process.env.DONT_EXPAND_NEWLINES_2.should.eql("dontexpand\\nnewlines");
+    });
   });
 });