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direnv for Visual Studio Code

This extension adds support for direnv to VS Code, including:

• Auto-load the environment if the .envrc file is allowed
• Prompt to allow the .envrc if it is not when VS Code opens
• View / Allow the .envrc via commands
• Auto-detect .envrc when it is created
• Auto-detect changes to .envrc
• Auto-detect deletion of .envrc and prompt to revert your environment

Changes since 1.0.0

• Added direnv terminal profile. You can select it with > Terminal: Select default profile.

• Fixed "view .envrc" on projects where .envrc is not in the root

Prerequisites

This extension needs direnv installed to work. Please refer here for installation instructions.

Install

Via Quick Open:

1. Download, install and open VS Codium (or VS Code)
2. Press ctrl+p to open the Quick Open dialog
3. Type ext install direnv
4. Click the Install button, then the Enable button

Via the Extensions tab:

1. Click the extensions tab or press cmd+shift+x
2. Search for direnv
3. Click the Install button, then the Enable button

Via the command line:

1. Open a command-line prompt
2. Run codium --install-extension cab404.vscode-direnv

Usage

The following describes the usage of this extension that is automatically enabled each time you open up VS Code.

Automation

• If you have a .envrc file on the workspace root it will try to load it to the environment. If you haven't allowed it yet then it will prompt you to do so.
• If you have no .envrc and you try to view it or allow it you get a prompt to create it.
• If you edit and save the .envrc it will prompt you to allow it.
• If you delete the .envrc it will prompt you to revert the environment.

Commands

In order to run a command press cmd+shift+p to view the Command Palette. There type:

• direnv allow to allow and load the current .envrc
• direnv view to view your .envrc and make changes
• direnv version to view the current direnv version
• direnv reload to reload .envrc file