https://vxlabs.com/tags/direnv/ Recent content in Direnv on vxlabs Hugo en-us Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:42:52 +0200 https://vxlabs.com/2024/10/10/use-direnv-for-uv-with-out-of-source-virtual-environments/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:42:52 +0200 https://vxlabs.com/2024/10/10/use-direnv-for-uv-with-out-of-source-virtual-environments/ <p>The new Python package and project manager <a href="https://docs.astral.sh/uv/">uv</a> is in fact amazing.</p> <p>I say that, because it&rsquo;s really fast, but more importantly because this single tool does a whole lot, really fast: Installing Python binaries, installing and running packages in self-contained environments like pipx, managing virtual environments.</p> <p>However, I&rsquo;ve been avoiding it so far due to one flaw: uv defaults to installing its virtual environment and all dependencies into the <code>.venv</code> sub-directory of your project, almost exactly like the notorious <code>node_modules</code>.</p>