kulkarnikaustubh / pythonvenvmerger

Utility to link packages from different Python virtual environments to your current one

Python Virtual Environment Merger

Utility to link packages from different Python virtual environments to your current one.

Requisites

• Python 3+
• Bash or Zsh

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Usage

First, activate the virtual environment you want packages to be added to.
Then, as arguments, give the absolute paths of the environments whose packages you want in the current environment.

envmerger <absolute paths to virtual environments>

Once this is done, you are good to go! These packages will last as long as the shell instance is open. Once the shell is closed, or you open a new shell, your virtual environment will go back to accessing only its native packages.

NOTE: If packages clash, the version of said package from the external environment will be used and not the native package version.

To remove all packages from external environments, you can also do:

envmerger clean

Installation

First clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/KulkarniKaustubh/PythonVenvMerger.git

Next change directory to the cloned repo and run the installation script:

cd PythonVenvMerger
./install.sh

The above commands can be used to update the already installed envmerger as well

Now you are ready to use envmerger!

Help Menu

To bring up the help menu:

envmerger -h

OR

envmerger --help

Uninstallation

To uninstall, go to the cloned repo and run the uninstallation script:

./uninstall.sh

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TODO

• Add the names of the venvs that are linked, to the shell prompt