Version Details and Security Vulnerabilities

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dotenv

8.5.1

Comparision Betweeen 8.5.1 and 8.5.0

Identify the differences between the current version of the package and the previous one.

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Dependencies

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Unpacked Size

22.94 KB

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Version 8.5.1 Details

Dotenv version 8.5.1 is a minor patch release following 8.5.0 of this popular npm package, both designed to load environment variables from a .env file into process.env. This simplifies configuration management for Node.js applications, especially in development and testing, by keeping sensitive information separate from the codebase. Both versions retain the same core functionality and developer dependencies, ensuring a consistent experience for those using tools like tap for testing, sinon for spies and stubs, decache for module cache invalidation, and various linting and formatting tools such as dtslint, flow-bin, standard, and standard-markdown. The license remains BSD-2-Clause, ensuring broad compatibility. The package repository on Github stays the same.

The primary difference lies in the "dist" metadata. Version 8.5.1 has a slightly increased unpacked size (23,491 bytes) compared to 8.5.0 (23,351 bytes), suggesting minor code or documentation changes possibly related to stability fixes that were added. Both versions consist of 13 files. The release date for 8.5.1 is also slightly later than 8.5.0, indicating a quick follow-up release to address potential issues or improvements. For developers already using dotenv, upgrading to 8.5.1 is recommended to benefit from those potential bug fixes. These releases provides a straightforward way to inject configuration values into an application without modifying system-wide environment variables, making it integral to many modern Node.js projects.

Security Vulnerabilities

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