Merge #3123: More info on -var-file option in intro.

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Martin Atkins 2015-10-10 17:26:20 -07:00
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in the form of `TF_VAR_name` to find the value for a variable. For example,
the `TF_VAR_access_key` variable can be set to set the `access_key` variable.
We recommend using the "terraform.tfvars" file, and ignoring it from
version control.
We don't recommend saving usernames and password to version control, But you
can create a local secret variables file and use `-var-file` to load it.
You can use multiple `-var-file` arguments in a single command, with some
checked in to version control and others not checked in. For example:
```
$ terraform plan \
-var-file="secret.tfvars" \
-var-file="production.tfvars"
```
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