
Docker Compose .env File Not Loading: Common Fixes
You set environment variables in a .env file next to your docker-compose.yml

You set environment variables in a .env file next to your docker-compose.yml

You add a proxy_pass directive to an Nginx server block, run nginx -t, ...

You clone a repository from GitHub (or another remote), change into the directory...

You're in the middle of a Git operation—commit, merge, or rebase—and Git stops with: fa...

You run git push and get: ! [rejected] main -> main (non-fast-forward)

You open the integrated terminal in VS Code, type a command you know is installed, and get ...