Different .env parsing in Deno vs Docker (KEY="a b c" issue)

[jeiea]

I tried using the same .env file from Deno with Docker via --env-file=.env, but I ran into this issue:

KEY="a b c"
# deno:   { KEY: "a b c" }
# docker: { KEY: "\"a b c\"" }

It seems that Deno behaves differently from most other tools and languages. Tracing the cause leads back to dotenvy’s behavior.

This behavior is not incorrect but I think it can be a source of inconvenience.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a crate that could be swapped in easily, and changing the current implementation would likely be a breaking change, so I can’t make a concrete proposal.

I just posted here to see if anyone else has run into the same inconvenience — feel free to react with upvote if you have.