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# Application settings

Settings and default configuration for your application's environments

Release deploys your application's code to multiple environments.

We make it quick and easy to create new environments by helping you skip manual configuration every time you create a new environment.

When you create new environments, Release generates each new environment's configuration files from two files in your application's settings:

1. [Application Template](/reference-documentation/application-settings/application-template.md) — the template for each new environment's [Environment Configuration](/reference-documentation/environment-settings/environment-configuration.md).
2. [Environment Variables](/reference-documentation/application-settings/default-environment-variables.md) — the template for each new environment's [Environment Variables](/reference-documentation/environment-settings/environment-specific-environment-variables.md).

![Application Settings](https://585411240-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M1neGLLQ0sDXeK6ooSo%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-dc46d2c46f451c705a2b51afca825fd324bfb380%2Fapplication-settings-main.png?alt=media)

These two files are the starting points for generating environment-specific configuration for each environment you create.

After an environment is created, you can edit the environment's configuration and variables at any time. Environment-specific configuration is useful if, for instance, an environment for a feature branch needs environment variables that don't apply to other branches.


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