Please clarify how to use .ENV

[jonhdoe]

Sorry, n00b here

I’m making a Vue app and have .ENV on my local server
Now when I push it to git and it gets released in netlify, how do i can have different env variables in the netlify ?

Now when i read the docs, it says that my file defines are overwriting the ones that i make in netlify settings. I’d like it to be other way around so i can keep my local env file intact.

how?

thanks

[fool]

This is our best resource on environment variable usage:

[Support Guide] Using environment variables on Netlify correctly

The preferred way to use environment variables in Netlify is to set them in our environment - be that in the Environment Variables settings UI (on the site’s “Build & Deploy settings” page), or via netlify.toml. The latter is a bit more flexible as you can set different values for different contexts - e.g. staging uses a staging $API_ENDPOINT and production uses a production one; the former is a bit more secure, since only people with access to the Netlify admin UI for your site can see them, ra…

It doesn’t start from a “dotenv” setup, and that may be problematic; you may want to review this stackoverflow post on that exact topic for a slightly different approach:

dotenv preventing build in production