3 replies

Control Convex env variables output location

Hi,

yarn convex dev

yarn convex dev

seems to forcibly create

env.local

env.local

even though we have an

.env

.env

file that we want to use instead.
We are in an Expo React Native app where we cannot reliably use

env.local

env.local

, instead we would ideally use

env.development

env.development

and

env.production

env.production

, but

.env

.env

can suffice (

env.local

env.local

npx convex dev writes the URL to the .env.local or .env file.

npx convex dev writes the URL to the .env.local or .env file.

", but we can only get it to write to

.env.local

.env.local

.

We tried:
- Delete

env.local

env.local

and run

convex dev

convex dev

: this prompts us to set up our project and populates

env.local

env.local

- Paste contents from

env.local

env.local

into

env

env

and delete

env.local

env.local

- Run

convex dev

convex dev

again - does NOT prompt to set up project (so it recognizes

env

env

?) but DOES automatically populate

env.local

env.local

again (see screenshot)

Thanks!

Local development