Environment variables in config file

I have separate config json files for dev and prod, using the format

``` javascript
{
"user": USER,
"password": PASSWORD,
"database": DATABASE_NAME
}
```

Using the command `db-migrate up --config config/production.json -e prod` how would I reference USER and PASSWORD from production.json in my database.json config file?
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