Fix precedence in env provider#95
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The README suggests Erlang application environment variables take precedence over OS environment variables, but the aws_credentials_env provider reverses that. This PR updates the provider to align with what's documented in the README.
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The README suggests Erlang application environment variables take precedence over OS environment variables, but the aws_credentials_env provider reverses that. This PR updates the provider to align with what's documented in the README.
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I'm coming from Elixir, so that's what I'm more familiar with.
In this script we set both system env vars and application config (Erlang env vars) for our credentials, and the
aws_credentials_envprovider gives us the credentials from the system env vars. Only when the system env vars are deleted does it fall back to the Erlang ones.AI disclosure
I let AI write the test for me, but it appears to be in line with the other tests.