Shell Integration¶

AWS_PROFILE export¶

A Go binary cannot set environment variables in the parent shell — this is an OS constraint, not a yak limitation. To have AWS_PROFILE updated in your terminal after yak account or yak login, add this shell wrapper to your .zshrc or .bashrc:

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yak() {
  command yak "$@"
  if [[ "$1" == "account" || "$1" == "login" ]]; then
    export AWS_PROFILE="$(command yak status --print-profile)"
  fi
}

Reload:

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source ~/.zshrc   # zsh
source ~/.bashrc  # bash

This pattern is used by rbenv, nvm, and other tools that need to influence the shell environment.

Optional: short aliases¶

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alias ya='yak account'
alias yr='yak role'
alias yl='yak login'
alias ys='yak status'