import dotenv from 'dotenv'; import fs from 'fs'; import path from 'path'; import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'; const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url); const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename); // repo root = two levels up from /backend/config const repoRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..'); const env = (process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development').trim(); // Prefer .env.development / .env.production — fall back to plain .env const fileA = path.join(repoRoot, `.env.${env}`); const fileB = path.join(repoRoot, '.env'); const chosen = fs.existsSync(fileA) ? fileA : fileB; dotenv.config({ path: chosen }); console.log(`[env] loaded ${path.basename(chosen)} → DB_HOST=${process.env.DB_HOST}`);