Remember to follow best practices, such as keeping your .env.go.local file out of version control and using a consistent naming convention for your environment variables.
DB_HOST=localhost DB_PORT=5432 DB_USER=myuser DB_PASSWORD=mypassword However, on your local machine, you want to use a different database instance with different credentials. You can create a .env.go.local file with the following contents: .env.go.local
"github.com/joho/godotenv" )