README.md in psenv-rails-0.6.0 vs README.md in psenv-rails-0.7.0

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@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ **Work in progress** Shim to load environment variables from [AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store](https://aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/features/#Parameter_Store) into ENV. -Psenv currently heavily borrows from [Dotenv](https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv), mainly because I use it in roughly every project so it made since for the APIs to match. +Psenv currently heavily borrows from [Dotenv](https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv), mainly because I use it in roughly every project so it made sense for the APIs to match. ## Installation ### Rails @@ -20,9 +20,29 @@ $ bundle Set the `PARAMETER_STORE_PATH` environment variable with the AWS Parameter Store path that you wish to load. + +#### Spring preloader + +The Spring preloader does not detect environment variable changes as +application changes. This means that when using Spring, new or changed +environment variables from AWS SSM Parameter Store will not become available +immediately. This also applies to any change to `PARAMETER_STORE_PATH`. + +There are two work-arounds. You can force Spring to restart by killing it with +`bundle exec spring stop`. + +Alternatively, you can update your Spring configuration to reload variables +using Psenv after the process forks. To do this, add the following configuration +to `config/spring.rb`: + +``` +Spring.after_fork do + Psenv.load +end +``` ### Plain Ruby Add this line to your application's Gemfile: