.env.default.local !!hot!!

# Server Configuration PORT=3000 HOST=localhost

When NODE_ENV=production and the loadAllDefaults option is enabled, the final configuration becomes: .env.default.local

API_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:3000/api LOG_LEVEL=debug .env.default.local

If your framework doesn't natively support .env.default.local , you can easily implement it in a Node.js ecosystem using packages like dotenv-flow or custom initialization scripts. Option A: Using dotenv-flow .env.default.local

You might also see files like .env.development.local used to override settings just for development, or .env.production.local for production overrides. The key pattern is that .