fix(config): reorder configuration file lookup

loadEnvFile will not overwrite environment variables that were already set.

Therefore, it is important to defer reading .env files that might be in the current directory or
a parent directory until the point
the passed configuration file was read and has set the more specific settings.

The cascade is as follows
1. set environment variables
2. environment variables in .evn files specified by passing it via --config
3. look for .env files in the current directory
4. check parent directories for a .env file

Author: line-o

utility/configure.js

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 import { readFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { loadEnvFile } from 'node:process'
-import { findUpSync } from 'find-up-simple'
-// read connection options from .env file in current working directory or any parent directory
-// existing environment variables take precedence
-const path = findUpSync('.env')
-if (path) {
-  loadEnvFile(path)
-}
 
 /**
  * read configuration files in .env, .existdb.json or node-exist format

utility/connection.js

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import { readOptionsFromEnv } from '@existdb/node-exist'
 import { defaultConnectionOptions } from '@existdb/node-exist/util/connect.js'
 import { getAccountInfo, AdminGroup } from '../utility/account.js'
+import { findUpSync } from 'find-up-simple'
+import { loadEnvFile } from 'node:process'
 
 /**
  * @typedef { import("@existdb/node-exist").NodeExistXmlRpcClient } NodeExistXmlRpcClient
@@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ import { getAccountInfo, AdminGroup } from '../utility/account.js'
  * @returns {object} argv with connection options resolved
  */
 export function readConnection (argv) {
+  // read connection options from .env file in current working directory or any parent directory
+  // existing environment variables take precedence
+  const path = findUpSync('.env')
+  if (path) {
+    loadEnvFile(path)
+  }
+
   const connectionOptions = Object.assign({}, defaultConnectionOptions, readOptionsFromEnv(), argv.connectionOptions)
   if (argv.verbose) {
     const { protocol, host, port } = connectionOptions