How to make dotenv crate override default shell variables

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Let say i have this test function, my dotenv work fine except for the username variable. it keeps pulling my shell USERNAME variable.

my question is how do i make .env override the shell variable

#[tokio::test]
    async fn test_function() {
        dotenv::dotenv().ok();

        let host = env::var("HOST").unwrap();
        let port = env::var("PORT").unwrap();
        let username = env::var("USERNAME").unwrap();   // <- does not read from the .env file
        let password = env::var("PASSWORD").unwrap();
    }
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Seems like you can't.
https://github.com/dotenv-rs/dotenv/issues/12
There are a couple other issues/PRs, but as of now there is no API to do what you want as far as I can tell. If you control the .env file I would recommend prefixing the keys with the name of your program or something like that to avoid conflicts.

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@Heliozoa your reply helped me out. following your link i found a pull request with a solution

https://github.com/tshepang/dotenv/commit/c36ae61b1a206a9d44be3fd4d6bc57413bfc3af8

for now i am using this

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