Ubuntu Manpage: direnv-stdlib - functions for the .envrc

NAME

       direnv-stdlib - functions for the .envrc

SYNOPSIS

       direnv stdlib

DESCRIPTION

       Outputs a bash script called the stdlib. The following commands are included in that script and loaded in
       the context of an .envrc. In addition, it also loads the file in  /.direnvrc if it exists.

STDLIB

has <command>
Returns 0 if the command is available. Returns 1 otherwise. It can be a binary in the PATH or a shell
function.

Example:

if has curl; then
echo "Yes we do"
fi

expand_path <rel_path> [<relative_to>]
Outputs the absolute path of rel_path relative to relative_to or the current directory.

Example:

cd /usr/local/games
expand_path ../foo
# output: /usr/local/foo

dotenv [<dotenv_path>]
Loads a ".env" file into the current environment

user_rel_path <abs_path>
Transforms an absolute path abs_path into a user-relative path if possible.

Example:

echo $HOME
# output: /home/user
user_rel_path /home/user/my/project
# output: /my/project
user_rel_path /usr/local/lib
# output: /usr/local/lib

find_up <filename>
Outputs the path of filename when searched from the current directory up to /. Returns 1 if the file has
not been found.

Example:

cd /usr/local/my
mkdir -p project/foo
touch bar
cd project/foo
find_up bar
# output: /usr/local/my/bar

source_env <file_or_dir_path>
Loads another .envrc either by specifying its path or filename.

NOTE: the other .envrc is not checked by the security framework.

source_up [<filename>]
Loads another .envrc if found when searching from the parent directory up to /.

NOTE: the other .envrc is not checked by the security framework.

direnv_load [<command-generating-dump-output>]
Applies the environment generated by running argv as a command. This is useful for adopting the
environment of a child process - cause that process to run "direnv dump" and then wrap the results with
direnv_load.

Example:

direnv_load opam-env exec -- direnv dump

PATH_add <path>
Prepends the expanded path to the PATH environment variable. It prevents a common mistake where PATH is
replaced by only the new path.

Example:

pwd
# output: /home/user/my/project
PATH_add bin
echo $PATH
# output: /home/user/my/project/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

MANPATH_add <path>
Prepends the expanded path to the MANPATH environment variable. It takes care of man-specific heuritic.

path_add <varname> <path>
Works like PATH_add except that it's for an arbitrary varname.

load_prefix <prefix_path>
Expands some common path variables for the given prefix_path prefix. This is useful if you installed
something in the prefix_path using ./configure --prefix=$prefix_path make install and want to use it in
the project.

Variables set:

CPATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
LIBRARY_PATH
MANPATH
PATH
PKG_CONFIG_PATH

Example:

./configure --prefix=$HOME/rubies/ruby-1.9.3
make make install
# Then in the .envrc
load_prefix /rubies/ruby-1.9.3

layout <type>
A semantic dispatch used to describe common project layouts.

layout go
Sets the GOPATH environment variable to the current directory.

layout node
Adds "$PWD/node_modules/.bin" to the PATH environment variable.

layout perl
Setup environment variables required by perl's local::lib See ⟨http://search.cpan.org/dist/local-
lib/lib/local/lib.pm⟩ for more details.

layout python [<python_exe>]
Creates and loads a virtualenv environment under $PWD/.direnv/python-$python_version. This forces the
installation of any egg into the project's sub-folder.

It's possible to specify the python executable if you want to use different versions of python (eg:
layout python python3).

Note that previously virtualenv was located under $PWD/.direnv/virtualenv and will be re-used by direnv
if it exists.

layout python3
A shortcut for layout python python3

layout ruby
Sets the GEM_HOME environment variable to $PWD/.direnv/ruby/RUBY_VERSION. This forces the installation of
any gems into the project's sub-folder. If you're using bundler it will create wrapper programs that can
be invoked directly instead of using the bundle exec prefix.

use <program_name> [<version>]
A semantic command dispatch intended for loading external dependencies into the environment.

Example:

use_ruby() {
echo "Ruby $1"
}
use ruby 1.9.3
# output: Ruby 1.9.3

use rbenv
Loads rbenv which add the ruby wrappers available on the PATH.

use nix [...]
Load environment variables from nix-shell.

If you have a default.nix or shell.nix these will be used by default, but you can also specify packages
directly (e.g use nix -p ocaml).

See ⟨http://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-nix-shell⟩

use guix [...]
Load environment variables from guix environment.

Any arguments given will be passed to guix environment. For example, use guix hello would setup an
environment with the dependencies of the hello package. To create an environment including hello, the
--ad-hoc flag is used use guix --ad-hoc hello. Other options include --load which allows loading an
environment from a file.

See ⟨https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-environment.html⟩

rvm [...]
Should work just like in the shell if you have rvm installed.

use node [<version>]:
Loads NodeJS version from a .node-version or .nvmrc file.

If you specify a partial NodeJS version (i.e. 4.2), a fuzzy match is performed and the highest matching
version installed is selected.

Example (.envrc):

set -e
use node

Example (.node-version):

4.2

use node <version>
Loads specified NodeJS version.

Example (.envrc):

set -e
use node 4.2.2

watch_file <path> [<path> ...]
Adds each file to direnv's watch-list. If the file changes direnv will reload the environment on the next
prompt.

Example (.envrc):

watch_file Gemfile

direnv_version <version_at_least>
Checks that the direnv version is at least old as version_at_least. This can be useful when sharing an
.envrc and to make sure that the users are up to date.

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