From 9e88fcc0b6ea99f84e4180ccf58dac52144529cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 00:09:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix .env file loading for CLI environment variables

- Add load_dotenv() call at module import to load .env before Click
  processes envvar parameters
- Add python-dotenv>=1.0.0 as explicit dependency in pyproject.toml

Click's envvar only reads from OS environment, not .env files.
By loading dotenv early, all CLI commands now respect .env configuration.
---
 pyproject.toml               | 1 +
 src/meshcore_hub/__main__.py | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6053472..30fea78 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "click>=8.1.0",
     "pydantic>=2.0.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.0.0",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
     "sqlalchemy>=2.0.0",
     "alembic>=1.12.0",
     "fastapi>=0.100.0",
diff --git a/src/meshcore_hub/__main__.py b/src/meshcore_hub/__main__.py
index 979eba1..7e1de6a 100644
--- a/src/meshcore_hub/__main__.py
+++ b/src/meshcore_hub/__main__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 """MeshCore Hub CLI entry point."""
 
 import click
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 from meshcore_hub import __version__
 from meshcore_hub.common.config import LogLevel
 from meshcore_hub.common.logging import configure_logging
 
+# Load .env file early so Click's envvar parameter picks up values
+load_dotenv()
+
 
 @click.group()
 @click.version_option(version=__version__, prog_name="meshcore-hub")