This project demonstrates loading environment variables from a .env file using DotNetEnv and Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.

• .env: Key-value pairs for environment variables (e.g., WelcomeMessage, EnvironmentMessage).
• DotNetEnvFilesSupport.cs: Sample program that:
  • Loads .env with DotNetEnv.Env.Load.
  • Reads values via DotNetEnv.Env.GetString.
  • Reads variables via Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable.
  • Adds .env to configuration with ConfigurationBuilder.AddDotNetEnv.
  • Shows parsing without setting env vars via DotNetEnv.Env.NoEnvVars().Load.
• global.json: Pins the .NET SDK version.

• .NET SDK specified in global.json.
• NuGet package: DotNetEnv (version declared in source).

1. Create a .env file in this folder:

   WelcomeMessage="Hello, World!"
   EnvironmentMessage="This is a sample .env file."

From this folder (DotEnv), run:

dotnet run DotNetEnvFilesSupport.cs

If you have a full project file later, you can run:

dotnet run

• Prints:
  • Welcome message from Env.GetString.
  • EnvironmentMessage via Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable.
  • WelcomeMessage via configuration.
  • All parsed key-value pairs from .env when using NoEnvVars().Load().

• AddDotNetEnv(".env", LoadOptions.TraversePath()) allows traversing parent directories to locate .env.
• NoEnvVars() prevents values from being injected into the process environment; use it for parsing only.