From 51de528fa90bfd91967891d2f18914e156adaf2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Fairley <jfairley@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:44:01 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: expose 'override' option from 'dotenv'

---
 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 cli.js    | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e55269..00328a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ Therefore, `dotenv-cli` will start a child process `bash -c 'echo "$SAY_HI"'` wi
 
 You can add the `--debug` flag to output the `.env` files that would be processed and exit.
 
+### Override
+
+Override any environment variables that have already been set on your machine with values from your .env file.
+
+```bash
+dotenv -c test -o -- jest
+```
+
 ## License
 
 [MIT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License)
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index 260ec89..b5aed8a 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function printHelp () {
     '  -p <variable>       print value of <variable> to the console. If you specify this, you do not have to specify a `command`',
     '  -c [environment]    support cascading env variables from `.env`, `.env.<environment>`, `.env.local`, `.env.<environment>.local` files',
     '  --no-expand         skip variable expansion',
+    '  -o, --override      override system variables',
     '  command             `command` is the actual command you want to run. Best practice is to precede this command with ` -- `. Everything after `--` is considered to be your command. So any flags will not be parsed by this tool but be passed to your command. If you do not do it, this tool will strip those flags'
   ].join('\n'))
 }
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ if (argv.debug) {
 }
 
 paths.forEach(function (env) {
-  var parsedFile = dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(env) })
+  const override = argv.o || argv.override;
+  var parsedFile = dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(env), override })
   if (argv.expand !== false) {
     dotenvExpand(parsedFile)
   }