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docs(cli): dev --env-file values reach your tasks #4478

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docs(cli): note dev --env-file reaches your tasks
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/env-file-dev-tasks-help.md
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"trigger.dev": patch
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Corrected the `--env-file` help text for `trigger dev`. Values from the file are also passed to your tasks, not just the CLI process.
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/snippets/cli-options-env-file.mdx
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<ParamField body="Env file" type="--env-file">
Load environment variables from a file. This will only hydrate the `process.env` of the CLI
process, not the tasks.
Load environment variables from a file. In `dev`, these are also passed to your tasks. For every
other command they only hydrate the `process.env` of the CLI process.
</ParamField>
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion packages/cli-v3/src/commands/dev.ts
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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export function configureDevCommand(program: Command) {
)
.option(
"--env-file <env file>",
"Path to the .env file to use for the dev session. Defaults to .env in the project directory."
"Path to the .env file to use for the dev session. Values are also passed to your tasks. Defaults to .env in the project directory."
)
.option(
"--max-concurrent-runs <max concurrent runs>",
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