Add azd env config commands for environment-specific configuration management

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Users need to read/write values in .azure/<environment>/config.json programmatically and from hooks, but currently can only access environment variables via azd env get-values.

Changes

• New command group: azd env config with three subcommands:

  • get <path> - Retrieves config values as JSON (supports nested paths)
  • set <path> <value> - Sets config values with dot notation
  • unset <path> - Removes config values

• Implementation: Mirrors azd config pattern but operates on environment-specific config instead of user global config

• Environment selection: All commands support -e/--environment flag

• Comprehensive test suite: Added 6 test functions with 23 test cases covering all commands, error handling, nested values, and edge cases

Usage

# Set a nested config value
azd env config set myapp.endpoint https://api.example.com -e prod

# Retrieve specific value
azd env config get myapp.endpoint -e prod
# Output: "https://api.example.com"

# Retrieve entire object
azd env config get myapp -e prod
# Output: {"endpoint": "https://api.example.com"}

# Use in hooks
azd env config get deployment.region -e prod

# Remove a value
azd env config unset myapp.endpoint -e prod

Values are persisted to .azure/<environment>/config.json and can be accessed from provision/deploy hooks.

Testing

• ✅ 23 unit tests covering all three commands (get, set, unset)
• ✅ Tests include: simple values, nested values, objects, error handling, default environment, and complex workflows
• ✅ All tests passing
• ✅ CodeQL security scan: 0 alerts
• ✅ Manual testing validated all functionality

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[Issue] Reading values from .azure/[env]/config.json</issue_title>
<issue_description>- [x] Make sure you've installed the latest version using instructions in the wiki

Output from azd version
Run azd version and copy and paste the output here:

azd version 1.6.1 (commit eba2c978b5443fdb002c95add4011d9e63c2e76f)

Describe the bug

I can get all the environment variables by running the azd env get-values command. However, how can I get the values stored in the .azure/[env]/config.json? [env] is the environment name, by the way.

I also want to access those values through hooks like postprovision or postdeploy, but it doesn't seem to be possible, unless I manually set those values through the azd env set command.

Expected behavior

I'm able to access those config values through azd env get-values and through the hooks.

Additional context

Here's a workaround:

If I set up the output variables in the main.bicep with the desirable environment variable names, then the azd provision part stores the output variables into the .env file, and I can access that.</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Create commands

• azd env get-config
• azd env config set path.to.use value
• azd env config unset path.to.use

The env config behaves similar to azd config set but it is associated with an environment config instead of the user global config. </agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

@rajeshkamal5050 @justinyoo thanks for the issue. Don't think we support reading this today cc @weikanglim @vhvb1989 @justinyoo @rajeshkamal5050 Thanks for the answer!

However, according to #3035, it seems that azd pipeline config reads .azure/[env]/config.json. Can we also apply this behaviour to azd provision and azd deploy so that I can access to the values?</comment_new>
<comment_new>@vhvb1989
@justinyoo , ideally you would never need to access values from the config.json, as it should be seen as implementation details.

Can you share your use-case for what you want to get the values from there?</comment_new>

• Fixes [Issue] Reading values from .azure/[env]/config.json #3518

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@copilot add unit tests for all the new commands. Add as much coverage as possible

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@copilot add unit tests for all the new commands. Add as much coverage as possible

Added comprehensive unit tests in commit f6494eb. The test suite includes 6 test functions with 23 test cases total, covering:

• TestEnvConfigGet - 5 test cases (simple values, nested values, objects, non-existent keys, deep nesting)
• TestEnvConfigSet - 5 test cases (simple values, nested values, updating values, adding to objects, deep nesting)
• TestEnvConfigUnset - 5 test cases (simple values, nested values, entire objects, non-existent keys, deep nesting)
• TestEnvConfigNonExistentEnvironment - 3 test cases (error handling for all commands with invalid environment)
• TestEnvConfigWithDefaultEnvironment - 1 test case (get command using default environment)
• TestEnvConfigMultipleOperations - 1 test case (comprehensive workflow testing set, get, and unset together)

All tests are passing.