ven 0.4.1

Easy way to use virtualenv.

Easy way to use virtualenv.

Features

• Store virtualenv in .venv directory, along with your .git and requirements.txt

• Run command inside virtualenv without activating it.

Install

$ pip install --user ven

Quickstart

Initialize an empty virtualenv using ven init:

$ ven init
New python executable in .venv/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip...done.

$ ls -A
.venv

Run command inside virtualenv using ven run:

$ ven run which python
~/project/.venv/bin/python

Activate virtualenv in a sub-shell:

$ ven run
$ which python
~/project/.venv/bin/python
$ (Deactivate with Ctrl-D)

Usage

Usage: ven [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Easy way to use virtualenv

Options:
  --version  Show the version and exit.
  --help     Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  help  Show help information
  init  Create a new virtualenv
  run   Run command in virtualenv (default: shell)

Caveats

Use ‘–’ to separate ven run options and command that contains ‘-‘:

$ ven run -- python --version
Python 2.7.5

oh-my-zsh overwrites $PATH, add the following to your .zshrc:

if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
    export PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
fi

Recommanded aliases:

alias vrun='ven run --'
alias vpy='ven run -- python'
alias vpip='ven run -- pip'