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mise set ​

  • Usage: mise set [FLAGS] [ENV_VAR]…
  • Aliases: ev, env-vars
  • Effect: modifies state
  • Source code: src/cli/set.rs

Set, show, or list environment variables in mise.toml

mise set KEY=VALUE writes to the lowest-precedence TOML file in the nearest config directory (mise.toml rather than mise.local.toml), creating mise.toml in the current directory if there is none. Run in your home directory, it writes to the global config. mise set KEY prints one value, and mise set lists every variable with its source file. Use --global, --file, or -E <env> to write elsewhere. See https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration.html#target-file-for-write-operations

Arguments ​

  • [ENV_VAR]… — Environment variables to set, such as NODE_ENV=production

Flags ​

  • -E --env <ENV> — Write to mise.<ENV>.toml in the current directory, or to .mise.<ENV>.toml if that exists

  • -g --global — Set the environment variable in the global config file

  • --override — Set the environment variable in the global override file, config.override.toml

    The override file outranks all project config. With --env, writes config.<ENV>.override.toml instead. See https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration.html#override-file

  • --age-encrypt — [experimental] Encrypt the value with age before storing

  • --age-key-file <PATH> — [experimental] Age identity file whose public keys to encrypt to

    Without --age-recipient, --age-ssh-recipient, or --age-key-file, mise encrypts to the identities in the age.key_file setting (or ~/.config/mise/age.txt if it exists) and to ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and ~/.ssh/id_rsa when they exist.

  • --age-recipient <RECIPIENT> — [experimental] Age recipient (x25519 public key) for encryption

    Can be used multiple times. Requires --age-encrypt.

  • --age-ssh-recipient <PATH_OR_PUBKEY> — [experimental] SSH recipient (public key or path) for age encryption

    Can be used multiple times. Requires --age-encrypt.

  • --file <FILE> — The TOML file to update

    Can be a file or a directory. For a directory, mise uses the config file already in it, or creates one named by MISE_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME (default mise.toml): https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration/settings.html#default_config_filename To move the global config file, set MISE_GLOBAL_CONFIG_FILE: https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration/settings.html#global_config_file

    Aliases: --path

  • --no-redact — Show raw values instead of redacting secrets

  • --prompt — Prompt for environment variable values (input is masked only with --age-encrypt)

  • --stdin — Read the value from stdin, for multiline input

    Pass a single key without a value; the value is read from stdin until EOF.

  • -h --help — Print help

Examples ​

Set NODE_ENV in mise.toml

mise set NODE_ENV=production

Show one variable's value

mise set NODE_ENV
production

List variables, their values, and their source files

mise set

Write the variable to mise.staging.toml

mise set -E staging NODE_ENV=staging

Prompt for the value; input is visible unless you add --age-encrypt

mise set --prompt PASSWORD

Read a multiline value from stdin

cat private.key | mise set --stdin MY_KEY

Prompt with hidden input and store the value encrypted with age (experimental)

mise set --age-encrypt --prompt API_KEY
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