Reload the app when .env file is edited

Description

The environment variables are not being loaded correctly

Expected behavior

I want to use process.env + .env file to load my environment variables.

Actual behavior

I’m trying to use process.env but it have just an empty Object.

The NODE_ENV doesn’t exist either.

Environment

Run these commands in the project folder and fill in their results:

1. npm ls react-scripts (if you haven’t ejected): └── react-scripts@0.6.1
2. node -v: v6.7.0
3. npm -v: 3.10.8

Then, specify:

1. Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
2. Browser and version: Chrome 53.0.2785.143 m

[furlanrapha]

@mikefrancis I don’t know why, but I have closed the cmd (terminal for Linux/OSX) and reopened and it started working.

Just to warn you, when you make changes to the .env file you have to stop the application and run npm start again.

Hope this helps you and another person in the future.

[gaearon]

If you guys can add some bind to the .env file so: when we update it, it already reloads the application with the new environment variables (this would be great)

This is the behavior I’d like to see.