Does not execute default values, subshells, etc.

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5/5
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Over a week
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32/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python, shell
Domain
devops, tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing the documented examples in this issue and the referenced issues #326 and #322, then determine which shell constructs python-dotenv should support. The expected result is correctly resolved default values, substitutions, and command substitutions, but the issue does not name source files or tests; resolve scope and execution safety before implementation.

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Description

if you have a standard .env file:

export USER_EMAIL="${USER_EMAIL:-$(git config --get user.email)}"
export JOB_NAME="${CI_PROJECT_PATH//\//-}"
export UPPER_STAGE=$( echo $CI_ENVIRONMENT_STAGE | awk '{ print toupper(substr($1,1,1)) substr($1,2) }' )
export BUILD_JOB_NAME="Build Job Definition $UPPER_STAGE"

values do not get parsed correctly:

USER_EMAIL=""
JOB_NAME=""
UPPER_STAGE=$( echo $CI_ENVIRONMENT_STAGE | awk '{ print toupper(substr($1,1,1)) substr($1,2) }' )
BUILD_JOB_NAME=Build Job Definition $UPPER_STAGE

See also: https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/issues/326 (1 year ago, no response)
See also: https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/issues/322 (1 year ago, no response)

Happy to open to a PR for this. I think we just need to use python to execute the commands in a shell and set value to the result.

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