v2.5.0 - The Newish Financial Year Release

New features! ✨ ✨

• Multiple .env files support - You can now specify multiple environment files using array syntax, addressing #136. Files are loaded in order with later files overriding earlier ones. Thanks to @jackwrfuller for the initial implementation that was incorporated into this feature!

# Single env file (backwards compatible)
env: .env

# Multiple env files (new array syntax)
env:
  - .env.base
  - .env.local
  - .env.override

# Command-level multiple env files
commands:
  deploy:
    env:
      - .env.deploy
      - .env.secrets

Bug fixes 🐛 👏

• Windows compatibility improvements - A big welcome back to original maintainer @frankcarey who fixed path handling and binary execution issues on Windows platforms. Thanks to Frank for identifying and helping resolve these Windows issues! 🙌

What's Changed

• Add comprehensive test coverage for multiple env files feature with 25+ unit and integration tests
• Implement StringArray type for flexible YAML parsing of both single strings and arrays
• Maintain full backwards compatibility with existing .ahoy.yml files
• Add graceful handling of non-existent env files (they are silently skipped)
• Support for comments and empty lines in env files
• Proper environment variable precedence: command-level overrides global, later files override earlier ones

Technical Details

The multiple env files feature uses a new StringArray type that handles both the old single string format and the new array format in YAML. This ensures 100% backwards compatibility - existing .ahoy.yml files will continue to work without any changes.

Full Changelog: v2.4.0...v2.5.0