Little "alias" function for 'source venv/bin/activate'

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1

@mods
I don’t see a coding or scripting sub forum here so just posting this here if any one wants to use it. Delete if necessary.

I just put it into my .bashrc and run by venv_activate, or make it a bash script and put into your $PATH

replaces source venv/bin/activate or source .venv/bin/activate

venv_activate() {
    if [ -f .venv/bin/activate ]; then
        echo "Activating virtual environment from: .venv in $PWD"
        echo -e "Enjoy working on the $(basename "$PWD") project, ${USER^}!"
        source .venv/bin/activate
    # If not found, check for a venv directory
    elif [ -f venv/bin/activate ]; then
        echo "Activating virtual environment from: venv in $PWD"
        echo -e "Enjoy working on the $(basename "$PWD") project, ${USER^}!"
        source venv/bin/activate
    else
        echo "Error: No 'venv' or '.venv' directory found." >&2
        return 1
    fi
}
2

A neat shortcut. Adding the project name into the echo message is a nice touch—makes it clear which environment is currently active.

4

Made a better one. Little more color. I’m still kinda newish to scripts, but now I can’t stop writting them though. #geekfun

#!/bin/bash

Color_Off='\033[0m'
BGreen='\033[1;32m'
nl=$'\n'

venv_activate() {
    enjoy() {
        echo -e "Enjoy working on your $(basename "$PWD") project, ${USER^}!"
        printf '*%.0s' {1..80}

    }


   spin_up() {
        if [ -n "$1" ]; then #Check if a virtual environment path is provided.
            bash -c "source $1/bin/activate; exec bash -i" || echo "Failed to activate: $1"
        else
            echo "Error: No virtual environment path provided to spin_up." >&2
            return 1
        fi
    }


    if [ -d "$PWD/.venv" ]; then ${nl}
        printf '*%.0s' {1..80}
        echo  -e "${nl}$BGreen .venv$Color_Off found in: $PWD  |  $BGreen .venv$Color_Off activated.${nl}"
        venv_path="$PWD/.venv"
        enjoy
        spin_up "$venv_path"
        return 0
    elif [ -d "$PWD/venv" ]; then
        printf '*%.0s' {1..80}
        echo -e "${nl}$BGreen venv$Color_Off found in: $PWD  | $BGreen venv$Color_Off activated.${nl}"
        venv_path="$PWD/venv"
        enjoy
        spin_up "$venv_path"
        return 0
    else
        echo -e "Error: No 'venv' or '.venv' directory found." >&2
        return 1  
    fi


}

venv_activate