Feature request: --env-dir
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Description
Would there be any interest in a --env-dir feature, to support envdir-like directories?
--env-file is great also but implies a migration for people that use envdir for quite some time.
I'd be glad to work on a MR if this is something that could be merged upstream.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the Docker CLI's existing --env-file behavior and the linked envdir documentation. Define how --env-dir should map directory entries into the container environment, then verify the command-line behavior with appropriate tests; the issue does not name specific files or tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100