{"id":2763,"date":"2017-08-03T10:08:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T17:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meandyouis.us\/charles\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2017-08-03T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T17:08:49","slug":"unloading-autoenv-based-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meandyouis.us\/charles\/unloading-autoenv-based-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Unloading autoenv based on a directory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kennethreitz\/autoenv\/\">AutoEnv<\/a> is a killer tool that will automatically activate your virtualenv environment based on the directory you are in (based on the contents of a .env file). But what happens when you move out of that directory? Unfortunately, the same environment stays activated until you land in a directory that contains a new .env file.<\/p>\n<p>Simple workaround: place this .env somewhere high in your directory tree (possibly in the root)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<pre><code>if [ -n \"$VIRTUAL_ENV\" ] ; then\r\n    deactivate\r\nfi<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I dropped the above .env file into my user&#8217;s root folder, changed directories above my current directory and my virtualenv environment quickly changed. Thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kazagistar\">kazagistar<\/a>\u00a0who suggested the fix!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AutoEnv is a killer tool that will automatically activate your virtualenv environment based on the directory you are in (based on the contents of a .env file). But what happens when you move out of that directory? 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