auto-example-env 0.1.2

Generate example.env from .env file for documentation purposes

auto-example-env

A Python utility to generate example.env from your .env file for documentation purposes.

Installation

pip install auto-example-env

Usage

# Generate example.env from .env in current directory
auto-example-env

# Specify custom input/output files
auto-example-env --input .env --output example.env

Features

• Converts export KEY=VALUE to export KEY=
• Handles multiline quoted values (e.g., PEM certificates) by adding a comment above
• Skips keys marked with # ignore (case insensitive)
• Preserves comments and empty lines
• Always overwrites example.env

Example

Given .env:

export API_KEY=secret
# ignore export SECRET=hidden
export CERT="-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----"

Generates example.env:

export API_KEY=
# Multiline value
export CERT=