heroku config:push not adding environment variables

Question

Hi I have done the following from the heroku tutorial.

 heroku plugins:install git://github.com/ddollar/heroku-config.git
 heroku config:push --overwrite

my .env file is in root of project directory

GOOGLE_RETURN_URL = http://example.herokuapp.com/auth/google/return
GOOGLE_REALM = http://example.herokuapp.com/

I also set the --overwrite flag as this answer suggested

however when I echo my heroku config it remains empty!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '15 at 01:58

1

The issue is the spaces in your .env file. Remove the spaces on either side of your "=" and the plugin will work.

Change:

GOOGLE_RETURN_URL = http://example.herokuapp.com/auth/google/return
GOOGLE_REALM = http://example.herokuapp.com/

To:

GOOGLE_RETURN_URL=http://example.herokuapp.com/auth/google/return
GOOGLE_REALM=http://example.herokuapp.com/

answered Mar 01 '15 at 01:58

jmccartie

It's worth noting that `bash` doesn't let you do this either: `$ FOO = "bar" bash: FOO: command not found` – David Dollar Mar 02 '15 at 21:56

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