From f820f6a5b78d43cf3f746fffe7c6aa3999628b8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arun Babu Neelicattu <arun.neelicattu@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 09:45:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc/repos: add hint for env var url config (#9121)

(cherry picked from commit 3e889cc6a65355edd7ccb8e5489e293fc4f4eb1d)
---
 docs/repositories.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/repositories.md b/docs/repositories.md
index 61de4b32595..4083cb8e057 100644
--- a/docs/repositories.md
+++ b/docs/repositories.md
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ poetry config http-basic.foo-pub <username> <password>
 
 {{% /note %}}
 
+{{% note %}}
+When configuring a repository using environment variables, note that correct suffixes need to be used.
+
+```bash
+export POETRY_REPOSITORIES_FOO_URL=https://pypi.example.org/legacy/
+export POETRY_HTTP_BASIC_FOO_USERNAME=<username>
+export POETRY_HTTP_BASIC_FOO_PASSWORD=<password>
+```
+{{% /note %}}
+
 Now, all the is left is to build and publish your project using the
 [`publish`]({{< relref "cli#publish" >}}).