I would suggest NOT using env files. They are a hack. The environment belongs in the environment, not a file on disk; and if it is on a file on the disk, it bel

I would suggest NOT using env files. They are a hack. The environment belongs in the environment, not a file on disk; and if it is on a file on the disk, it belongs outside your repository. There is a script in the repository that will bootstrap your local env by storing encrypted secrets into ~/.config/ by asking some questions that you get from the shared passwords manager for development credentials. The key to decrypt them is password protected and requested at application boot.