code: def read_env(path=None, recurse=True, stream=None, verbose=False, override=False):
          
          # By default, start search from the same file this function is called
          if path is None:
              frame = inspect.currentframe().f_back
              caller_dir = os.path.dirname(frame.f_code.co_filename)
              start = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(caller_dir))
          else:
              start = path
          if recurse:
              for dirname in _walk_to_root(start):
                  check_path = os.path.join(dirname, ".env")
                  if os.path.exists(check_path):
                      return load_dotenv(
                          check_path, stream=stream, verbose=verbose, override=override
                      )
          else:
              if path is None:
                  start = os.path.join(start, ".env")
              return load_dotenv(start, stream=stream, verbose=verbose, override=override)
docs: Read a .env file into os.environ.
  
          If .env is not found in the directory from which this method is called,
          the default behavior is to recurse up the directory tree until a .env
          file is found. If you do not wish to recurse up the tree, you may pass
          False as a second positional argument.