From a76a1220de9f06f8ff0df9a1c54c98283e2f907d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Marcel S. Henselin" <marcel.henselin@stackit.cloud>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 09:51:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: env file loading support

fix: typo
---
 .gitignore       | 1 +
 config/config.go | 2 +-
 go.mod           | 1 +
 go.sum           | 2 ++
 main.go          | 8 +++++++-
 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f597e4b..eb1440c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ go.work.sum
 # env file
 .env
 
+action-secretsmanager
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index d01e51b..da300d6 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func ValidateConfig(
 	}
 
 	if cfg.VaultPath == "" {
-		FatalLog("VAULT_SECRET cannot be empty, this is the key of your secret")
+		FatalLog("VAULT_PATH cannot be empty, this is the key of your secret")
 	}
 
 	InfoLog("Using Vault address: %s", cfg.VaultAddr)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2e6e585..2e4229a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.8 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/strutil v0.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a15b9fd..10fedd1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/strutil v0.1.2 h1:kes8mmyCpxJsI7FTwtzRqEy9
 github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/strutil v0.1.2/go.mod h1:Gou2R9+il93BqX25LAKCLuM+y9U2T4hlwvT1yprcna4=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-client-go v0.4.3 h1:zG7STGVgn/VK6rnZc0k8PGbfv2x/sJExRKHSUg3ljWc=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-client-go v0.4.3/go.mod h1:4tDw7Uhq5XOxS1fO+oMtotHL7j4sB9cp0T7U6m4FzDY=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 24b5f8e..522284f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@ import (
 	"secretsmanager/secretsmanager"
 
 	"github.com/caarlos0/env/v11"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	err := godotenv.Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(".env file not found, using regular environment variables")
+	}
+
 	var cfg config.Config
-	err := env.Parse(&cfg)
+	err = env.Parse(&cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error parsing environment variables %s", err)
 	}