.env.sample -

Imagine a new developer joins your team on Monday. Without a .env.sample, they must grep through the codebase looking for process.env.DB_HOST or os.getenv('SECRET_KEY'). With a sample file, they run cp .env.sample .env, fill in the blanks, and run the app in under two minutes.

To close, here is a checklist you can print out or pin to your team's Slack channel. .env.sample

You can reference a real .env file:

version: '3'
services:
  app:
    env_file:
      - .env

The .env.sample helps users create that file. Imagine a new developer joins your team on Monday