ljnath / govirtual

Single windows command to create and activate python virtual environment

govirtual

Introduction

govirtual is a single comamnd to replace these

• Open windows command prompt or linux terminal
• Check if python virtual environment is present
  • If YES activate the virtual environment
  • If NO create virtual environment and activate it

How to use

• Download this script and place it a folder (say c:\tools for windows and /usr/share/ for linux)
• Add the folder (c:\tools | /usr/share/) in your windows or linux environmental PATH variable
• Now you can type 'govirtual' in any location. govirtual will check for deafult python virtual directory (pyenv), if existing directory is present it will activate it else it will create a new one and will activate it
• If requirements.txt file is detected it will install the packages mentioned in it as well

Change Log

[0.3] - February 2023

• optimized and refacting

[0.2] - May 2020

• added support to pass custom python binary which will be used for virtual env creation. useful for creating seperate x64 and x86 virtual environments

[0.1] - Aug 2018

• initial release