Powershell add-on to automatically activate/deactivate python virtual environments created with venvlink.
The venvlink creates a folder called venv into the root of the project directory. This folder contains venvlink-autoenv.ps1 and venvlink-autoenv.leave.ps1 files which can be automatically called by venvlink-autoenv to activate / deactivate the linked virtual environment.
- When you enter a project folder (including subdirectories) which has virtual environment link created with venvlink, the virtual environment will be automatically activated.
- When you leave the project folder, the virtual environment is automatically deactivated.
- For security reasons, before automatically running the activation/deactivation scripts,
venvlink-autoenvasks for authorization of the script. It stores the full file path and the MD5 hash of the file contents to a file (~/venvlink-autoenv-auth). This is done only the first time for each file.
Run the following command in the Powershell to download the package from PowerShell Gallery:
Install-Module venvlink-autoenv -Scope CurrentUser
Then, run
Add-Content $PROFILE @("`n", "import-module venvlink-autoenv")
to make the venvlink-autoenv available in every Powershell session you start. (or edit the $profile file manually)
Note: If you use many versions of Powershell (Powershell 5.1, Powershell 6, Powershell 7), you might need to install the venvlink-autovenv to each of the separately.
Just download the venvlink-autoenv\venvlink-autoenv.psm1 and place it anywhere on your computer. Then, check the profile.ps1 location with $PROFILE. It can be something like
C:\Users\user\OneDrive\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
This is the file that is loaded at the startup of your Powershell. Add there a line
Import-Module '<path_to_venvlink-autoenv.psm1>'
After installation, just use Powershell to locate into any folder with virtual environment created with venvlink.
- venvlink-autovenv was built on top of ps-autoenv by Nick Cox.