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Is `.` / `source` a supported operation?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
devops

Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #403 and the project's existing handling of the main .env file. Determine the intended syntax and behavior for sourcing .local.env, including how missing or nested files should work. The issue is ready when the supported behavior is agreed and documented or implemented with coverage for this example.

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Description

I want to source other files from my main .env file (namely .local.env for local development)

I have tried searching issues:

if this was asked / considered before, but I haven't had much luck.

Except maybe https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/issues/403

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