Bored to write app name in every heroku command though I got only 1 app

Question

Heroku toolbelt is always forcing me to write an app name at the end like this:

heroku pg:reset DATABASE --app [app_name]

Is there a way to set the default app to which all my CLI heroku commands will apply?

score 32 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '15 at 02:11

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Going to post this just in case it helps someone else out. I had the same problem even though there was only one app installed. I had to switch my heroku remote url from https to git.

https://git.heroku.com/[heroku-app-1234].git

to

git@heroku.com:[heroku-app-1234].git

Then everything worked normally for myself.

git remote remove heroku
git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:[heroku-app-1234].git

answered Jan 23 '15 at 02:11

Moemars

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This worked where as the accepted answer did not – Merlin -they-them- Apr 29 '21 at 13:11

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '13 at 19:36

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If heroku is claiming that there are multiple apps in the folder you must have more than one remote in your .git/config.

Remove the extra heroku remote or set the default using git config heroku.remote remote_name

answered Jul 09 '13 at 19:36

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Any solution for non-git apps (e.g. for `container` stack)? – Janaka Bandara Aug 06 '20 at 14:37
This did not work for me. I had to remove the git/config lines generated from this and use `git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:[heroku-app-1234].git` instead – Merlin -they-them- Apr 29 '21 at 13:11

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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If you have the heroku-accounts plugin installed, switching to the heroku branch worked for me, as discussed in this answer.

To swap out your existing version of the heroku-accounts plugin, use:

heroku plugins:install https://github.com/heroku/heroku-accounts.git

Note that if you've followed @Moemars answer, you'll need to switch your git remote back to https.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Apr 29 '15 at 22:23

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 09 '13 at 18:07

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If you run heroku from the Git repo linked to your Heroku app, you don't have to specify an app name (unless the repo is connected to multiple apps).

answered Jul 09 '13 at 18:07

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I'm initiating all commands from my rails app root directory (which is a git repo linked with github and heroku) and that's what it says: ! Multiple apps in folder and no app specified. ! Specify app with --app APP. BTW: I have only one app in dashboard.heroku.com/apps – John Denisov Jul 09 '13 at 18:52

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 30 '21 at 09:48

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This seems to be the easiest way to fix the issue:

heroku git:remote -a <app_name>

answered Jan 30 '21 at 09:48

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 01 '21 at 07:31

Since this wasn't mentioned until now:

Apart from the git remote, the Heroku CLI also looks into the HEROKU_APP environment variable.

By using direnv, dotenv or similar tools for project-specific environments you can easily set the respective Heroku app for each project or directory.

Bored to write app name in every heroku command though I got only 1 app

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