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kevinveenbirkenbachandClaude Opus 4.7 12a56e449d refactor(env): move env/default.env to repo-root default.env and drop env/
With env.development and env/ci.env both gone, env/default.env was the
last inhabitant of the directory. Hoisting it to the repo root removes
the empty-shell indirection: the SPOT is now [default.env](default.env),
sitting next to .env (its generated companion) and other repo-root
configuration artefacts like compose.yml, Dockerfile, and Makefile.

Path updates land in:
- generator: cli/meta/env/__main__.py (REPO_ROOT / "default.env")
- workflow: .github/workflows/test-install-make.yml (awk reads from
  default.env, error message updated in lockstep)
- lint tests: test_used_keys_declared.py and test_infinito_prefix.py
  switched from globbing env/*.env to targeting default.env directly;
  test_default_env_keys_handled.py points at the new path
- drift test: test_inventory_vars_file_spot.py whitelist + STATIC_ENV
- smoke test: tests/integration/meta/env/test_dotenv_generator.py
  STATIC_ENV + every docstring/error message

Doc-string and prose references in utils/env/*, scripts/*,
cli/administration/deploy/development/{common,coredns}.py,
Makefile, Dockerfile, and every doc page that mentioned env/default.env
are rewritten in the same pass so future readers see one path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-21 16:22:33 +02:00

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utils/env 📐

This directory hosts the Python implementation behind make dotenv. For the general rules that govern READMEs in code directories see documentation.md. For the per-variable defaults that this code consumes see default.env.

Purpose 🎯

The package converts the committed default.env plus a small runtime context into the gitignored .env at the repo root. Every module here belongs to one of four roles: parse, resolve, orchestrate, write.

Structure 🗂️

File Role
parser.py Read default.env into (values, comments) tuples.
runtime.py Resolve host-context lookups (disk, RAM, hostname, GHA/Act flags, /proc/version, helper-script invocation).
builder.py Thin orchestrator that defines EnvBuilder, BuildContext, and build_env(). Walks the handler registry.
writer.py Serialise an EnvBuilder into a docker-compose-compatible .env on disk.
handlers/ One module per dynamically-computed variable. See handlers README.

The CLI entry point lives at __main__.py under cli/meta/env/. Shell consumers source load.sh under scripts/meta/env/.

File Naming 🏷️

  • Module names MUST stay lowercase snake_case.
  • Pure passthrough or simple parser/writer helpers MUST live directly under utils/env/.
  • Per-variable computation MUST live under handlers/ (see handlers README for the naming convention used there).
  • Test files live in tests/unit/utils/env/ and mirror the module name with a test_ prefix.

Import Rules 🔗

  • parser.py, runtime.py, and writer.py MUST NOT import from builder.py or handlers/.
  • builder.py MUST NOT import individual handler modules; it MUST go through the ORDERED_HANDLERS list exposed by handlers/__init__.py.
  • Handler modules MUST NOT import each other (see handlers README).