feat: remove .env from index and create .env-dist

[psyray]

Is there an existing feature or issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Expected feature

@yogeshojha You should remove .env from git index, and create a .env template called, for example, .env-dist

Because you've add the .env to .gitignore but as the file is in the git index the ignore does not work.

By adding a file .env-dist, user can rename it to .env, change values and this does not trigger a git change

What do you think of this ?

Alternative solutions

No response

Anything else?

No response

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[AnonymousWP]

I think we can fix this ourselves. If you create a PR, I'll merge it into my fork.

[psyray]

What's the right way to remove from index but not delete it for user at git pull ?

[AnonymousWP]

What's the right way to remove from index but not delete it for user at git pull ?

Hmm, not sure actually, never experimented with that before. But you do have a point: you want to pull new changes to the .env file, but only the keys, not the values. Renaming could be an option, but I could also see people getting very confused or not following the steps correctly. Maybe automate this in some way?

[psyray]

Yes, more complicated than it looks.
Need some test