direnv.md

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Direnv

Direnv

Many people use direnv to load an environment upon entering a directory as well as unloading it when exiting the directory. Configuring direnv to work with nushell requires nushell version 0.66 or later.

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Configuring direnv

To make direnv work with nushell the way it does with other shells requires us to use the hooks functionality in nushell:

let-env config = {
  hooks: {
    pre_prompt: [{
      code: "
        let direnv = (direnv export json | from json)
        let direnv = if ($direnv | length) == 1 { $direnv } else { {} }
        $direnv | load-env
      "
    }]
  }
}

With that configuration in place, direnv should now work with nushell.