Environment variables¶
Configuration is entirely environment-driven. Values are read from a local environment file first, then from the repository's shared version pins as a fallback, so a fresh checkout runs without any local file and your own file only needs to carry secrets and host-specific overrides.
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This page is a skeleton.
Topics to cover: the full variable table with defaults and consumers; which file each kind of value belongs in; and the precedence rule — including that variables already exported in your shell win over both files, which is a common source of confusion (see environment shadowing).