Staging and other modes

Create .env.staging with the public values for staging:

VITE_HELLO="Staging"

Encrypt it and provision DOTENV_PRIVATE_KEY_STAGING for your staging build job:

$ npx dotenvx encrypt -f .env.staging

$ pnpm exec dotenvx encrypt -f .env.staging

Commit the encrypted .env.staging file and add this script:

{
  "scripts": {
    "build:staging": "dotenvx run -f .env.staging --strict -- vite build --mode staging"
  }
}

Run npm run build:staging or pnpm build:staging, then deploy dist.

The -f flag chooses the file Dotenvx decrypts; --mode chooses Vite's mode. Keep each selected file complete: Vite also reads .env and mode-specific files, but cannot decrypt extra files itself.

Staging mode still produces an optimized production build. See Vite modes.