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Select pyenv environment based on folder .python-version file

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Environment data

VS Code version: 1.21.1
Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2018.2.1
OS and version: macOS 10.13.3
Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Python 3.6.4
Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | …): pyenv
Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: pyenv 1.2.1

Actual behavior

You have to manually select the pyenv interpreter for each workspace folder.

Expected behavior

It should detect the workspace pyenv interpreter based on the .python-version file present in the workspace folder root.

For example, every folder I have added to my workspace has a .python-version file that pyenv creates when you run pyenv local NAME_OF_VENV in that folder. The file contains a single string which is the name of the folder/symlink in ~/.pyenv/versions/ that should be used.

Issue Analytics

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Created 5 years ago
Reactions:106
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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brettcannoncommented, Apr 24, 2018

https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#choosing-the-python-version has the specification on how pyenv chooses an interpreter by default. I think detecting the file and using it as appropriate seems like a sensible enhancement (maybe even the file traversal to the parent directory, but not as sure on that one).

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brettcannoncommented, Sep 1, 2021

@djdembeck please make sure to upvote the opening comment as that’s how we determine community interest.

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