Use dotenv.gem

Gemfile

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ ruby '>= 3.1.0'
 
 gem 'rake'
 gem 'minitest'
+gem 'dotenv'

Gemfile.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
+    dotenv (3.2.0)
     drb (2.2.3)
     minitest (6.0.2)
       drb (~> 2.0)
@@ -13,10 +14,12 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  dotenv
   minitest
   rake
 
 CHECKSUMS
+  dotenv (3.2.0) sha256=e375b83121ea7ca4ce20f214740076129ab8514cd81378161f11c03853fe619d
   drb (2.2.3) sha256=0b00d6fdb50995fe4a45dea13663493c841112e4068656854646f418fda13373
   minitest (6.0.2) sha256=db6e57956f6ecc6134683b4c87467d6dd792323c7f0eea7b93f66bd284adbc3d
   prism (1.9.0) sha256=7b530c6a9f92c24300014919c9dcbc055bf4cdf51ec30aed099b06cd6674ef85

README.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ It is intended for lightweight run visibility: one small monitoring-start messag
   - `web_search`
   - other completed items
 - Long payloads are split into safe chunks before posting
-- `.env` loading without requiring additional gems
+- `.env` loading via `dotenv`
 
 ## Project Layout
 

lib/codex_notify/config.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require 'dotenv'
 require 'etc'
 require 'optparse'
 require 'pathname'
@@ -31,17 +32,8 @@ def load_env_file(path = DEFAULT_ENV_PATH, override: false)
       env_path = Pathname(path)
       return unless env_path.exist?
 
-      env_path.read.each_line do |raw_line|
-        line = raw_line.strip
-        next if line.empty? || line.start_with?('#') || !line.include?('=')
-
-        key, value = line.split('=', 2)
-        key = key.strip
-        value = value.strip.gsub(/\A['"]|['"]\z/, '')
-        next if !override && ENV[key] && !ENV[key].empty?
-
-        ENV[key] = value
-      end
+      loader = override ? Dotenv.method(:overload) : Dotenv.method(:load)
+      loader.call(env_path.to_s)
     end
 
     def system_user_name