Using Env Variables in Component Previews

Exploring methods to configure environment variables for component previews, the blog outlines approaches using Bit's development environments and Webpack. It suggests either directly setting environment variables using webpack.DefinePlugin or employing a Webpack transformer to set them directly or from a file. The process involves adding environment variables to the preview configuration and ensuring that variables read from process.env are also configured as Ripple CI "secrets" for CI access. When using a file, guidelines must be followed, and verification can be done using Bit commands to ensure the file is tracked, taking into account that Bit adheres to .gitignore rules.

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