gexport
| Crates.io | gexport |
| lib.rs | gexport |
| version | 1.1.2 |
| created_at | 2025-07-03 14:59:45.477255+00 |
| updated_at | 2025-08-13 19:54:20.028067+00 |
| description | Manage and synchronize environment variables between interactive shell sessions for Bash and Zsh. |
| homepage | |
| repository | https://github.com/Flachz/gexport |
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README
Gexport
Manage and synchronize environment variables between interactive shell sessions for Bash and Zsh.
Functions similarly to set -U in Fish, just for Bash / Zsh and with syntax based on
standard POSIX export.
Installation
Requirements
- Bash: bash-preexec.sh
- Zsh: -
Cargo
cargo install gexport
Manual
Download release binary and extract to /usr/local/bin
for system-wide install or ~/.local/bin for user install.
Setup
Bash
Ensure bash-preexec.sh is installed and is correctly initialized. For initialization of bash-preexec you should have something similar to this in your .bashrc:
[[ -f ~/.bash-preexec.sh ]] && source ~/.bash-preexec.sh
Then to setup gexport itself:
echo 'eval "$(gexport --init bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc
Zsh
echo 'eval "$(gexport --init zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc