Env Doctor

Env Doctor

Diagnose and fix .env file issues.

Instructions

1. Read files: Parse .env (and .env.example if exists)

2. Detect issues:

   Severity	Issue	Example
   🔴 Critical	Secret committed to git	.env not in .gitignore
   🔴 Critical	Missing required vars	In .env.example but not .env
   🟡 Warning	Duplicate keys	DB_HOST defined twice
   🟡 Warning	Empty values	API_KEY=
   🟡 Warning	Spaces around =	DB_HOST = localhost (won't parse correctly)
   🔵 Info	Extra keys	In .env but not .env.example
   🔵 Info	Quoted booleans	DEBUG="true" (should be DEBUG=true)

3. Validation checks:

   • URLs missing protocol (example.com → https://example.com)
   • Port numbers out of range (0-65535)
   • Unquoted values with spaces
   • Trailing whitespace
   • BOM characters at file start

4. Cross-reference: If .env.example exists, report missing and extra keys

5. Git safety check:

   # Is .env in .gitignore?
   grep -q "^\.env$" .gitignore 2>/dev/null && echo "✅ Protected" || echo "🔴 NOT in .gitignore!"
   # Was .env ever committed?
   git log --all --diff-filter=A -- .env 2>/dev/null
   

6. Report format:

   🩺 Env Doctor — .env
   
   Found 3 issues:
   
   🔴 CRITICAL: .env not in .gitignore
      Fix: echo ".env" >> .gitignore
   
   🟡 WARNING: Duplicate key DB_HOST (lines 4, 12)
      Fix: Remove duplicate on line 12
   
   🔵 INFO: ANALYTICS_KEY in .env but not .env.example
      Fix: Add to .env.example (with empty value)
   

Security

• Never output actual secret values — mask as sk-****...abc
• Check if .env is tracked by git — this is the #1 security risk
• Flag production credentials that appear to be in a development .env

Edge Cases

• No .env file: Check cwd; suggest cp .env.example .env
• Multi-line values: Handle values spanning lines (quoted with \n)
• Variable interpolation: ${VAR} references — check if referenced var exists

Requirements

• No dependencies — text file analysis
• No API keys needed