Why is .env.local file not loaded in the test environment

[jmflannery]

I am curious why the .env.local file is not loaded in the test environment.

I run my test environment more often on my local machine than on CI. The development and test environments on my local machine share the same database configuration.

I want to share the same .env.local in my development and test environments. I prefer to check in the .env file as an example with no values. Instead of having one .env.local, I usually need a .env.development.local and .env.test.local with the same contents.

I understand this is the intended behavior. Is there any file that could be shared between development and test with higher precedence than .env?

Thank you!

Edit: I did add the code as suggested into application.rb to add .env.local to the files to be loaded, and it is working as expected.

[bkeepers]

👋 @jmflannery. See #418 for history and discussion.