.env.dist.local

Consider a typical Symfony or Laravel application. When the application boots, it loads environment variables in this order (lowest to highest precedence):

.env.dist.local file serves as a specialized local template for environment variables, often used in DevOps workflows to manage developer-specific credentials that differ from general distribution files. It typically acts as a source for creating a .env.local .env.dist.local

: Local overrides for all environments (ignored by Git). Consider a typical Symfony or Laravel application

before_script:

(a version-controlled template containing default or documented variables) and a developer's actual .env.local (private secrets and machine-specific configs). Machine-Specific Overrides .env.dist.local