Specifically mention that export may be necessary

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## Usage
Create `.env` file inside your project directory and put your local ENV variables there.
Create `.env` file inside your project directory and put your local ENV variables there. The contents of `.env` are run in the context of the current shell session. Do not forget to `export` the variables, otherwise they will only be available within the current shell session and not be part of ENV (unless they were already in ENV beforehand).
For example:
```sh