Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: vnv
Version: 2.0
Summary: The little shortcut for virtualenv
Home-page: https://github.com/gramkraxor/vnv
Author: Gramkraxor
Author-email: gram@krax.dev
License: Unlicense
Description: # vnv
        
        vnv is a little shortcut for [virtualenv] that tries to stay out of your
        way.
        No more typing out `. /path/to/env/bin/activate`, now it's just
        `vnv env`.
        
        [virtualenv]: https://pypi.org/project/virtualenv/
        
        
        ## Quickstart
        
        Install.
        Then run:
        ```
        vnv new my-venv
        vnv my-venv
        ```
        Bam. Now you're in a brand new virtualenv named "my-venv".
        It's cached right now, so you can toggle it off and on with just:
        ```
        vnv
        ```
        
        But what about your old virtualenvs? If you keep them all in a folder or
        two somewhere, just tell vnv where they are and you can activate them by
        name anywhere on your system:
        ```
        $ export VNV_PATH="$HOME/old-envs"
        $ cd anywhere
        $ vnv my-old-env
        (my-old-env) $
        ```
        If not, you can always activate them by path:
        ```
        $ vnv /path/to/a-venv
        (a-venv) $
        ```
        
        
        ## Features
        
        ### Simple env toggling & caching
        
        Shown above, vnv offers a shortcut for activating and deactivating
        virtualenv environments.
        Activating an env caches it for the current shell session, stored in
        `$VNV_CACHED`.
        
        ### The vnv search path
        
        You control where vnv finds envs to activate.
        The search path defaults to `~/.vnv/envs`, but is overridden by
        `$VNV_PATH`.
        
        ```
        $ vnv list
        /home/gram/.vnv/envs:
          my-venv
        $ export VNV_PATH="$HOME/old-envs:/path/to"
        $ vnv list
        /home/gram/old-envs:
          my-old-env
          flask-project
        /path/to:
          a-venv
        ```
        
        By default, `vnv new` creates envs in the first directory of the search
        path.
        
        ### Activate by name, activate by path
        
        When given a name like `my-venv`, vnv will only look for it on the vnv
        search path.
        To specify that "my-venv" is in the current directory, use the explicit
        path `./my-venv` instead.
        
        ### Shortcut, not a wrapper
        
        Everything vnv does is just a shortcut to the default virtualenv
        behavior.
        Everything you make with it will still work even if you ditch vnv.
        
        There are fancier tools out there for managing virtualenvs.
        Try [virtualenvwrapper] or [pew] for the wrapper experience.
        
        [virtualenvwrapper]: https://pypi.org/project/virtualenvwrapper
        [pew]: https://pypi.org/project/pew
        
        ### Other features
        
        - Cross-platform and cross-shell
        - Multiple search path directories
        - Single 3-character command for everything
        - Create envs with `$ vnv new`, forwarding additional args to virtualenv
        - Manage envs with `$ vnv list`, `$ vnv which`, `$ vnv del`
        - Shortcut names: `$ vnv m` can activate `my-venv`
        - Supports `activate_this.py` with `import vnv; vnv.activate('my-venv')`
        
        
        ## Installation
        
        Use pip:
        ```
        pip install vnv
        ```
        
        Make sure to install vnv on your base Python installation, *not* in a
        virtual environment.
        You'll need access to it inside *and* outside of envs.
        
        vnv supports all 7 activators virtualenv supports, meaning it works with
        bash/zsh/ksh, cmd.exe, csh, fish, PowerShell, xonsh, and the Python
        interpreter itself.
        
        If you use one of those that ends in "sh", you'll also need to load the
        corresponding wrapper script in your startup file.
        For example, bash requires the line `. vnv-init` in `~/.bashrc`.
        Instructions included.
        
        
        ## Some more ideas
        
        If you want to have a default env, you could pre-set `$VNV_CACHED` to
        its location when your shell starts.
        Use your startup file (or the environment variables on Windows).
        
        If you want to activate envs in the current directory by name, add `.`
        to the vnv search path.
        
        vnv search path folders don't have to only contain virtualenvs.
        If you keep an env alongside other stuff in a project folder, it's fine
        to add the whole project folder to `$VNV_PATH`.
        
        
        ## Credits
        
        vnv is made by me, Gramkraxor.
        It's in the public domain, so it's yours to tinker with.
        
        
        [![xkcd #1319: Automation](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/automation.png "xkcd #1319: Automation")](https://xkcd.com/1319/)
        
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