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direnv, .envrc, "layout uv" https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#uv

comment by cjp · 2026-03-19 · in Astral to Join OpenAI

FWIW, I looked into it myself too, and found e.g. this direnv setup: https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Sops

comment by berkes · 2026-02-24 · in Show HN: enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes

…a regular venv and a second that uses it to manage the whole project. I use the latter. [1] https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python

comment by SAI_Peregrinus · 2025-03-17 · in uv downloads overtake Poetry for Wagtail users

…pip python -m pip install -r requirements.txt Looks like direnv can be extended to use uv: https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#uv

comment by krupan · 2025-02-19 · in A year of uv: pros, cons, and should you migrate

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story by nateb2022 · 2024-12-23 · 0 comments

One minor drawback I've noticed is that direnv doesn't come with uv support out of the box: https://github.com/direnv/direnv/issues/1250

comment by sunshowers · 2024-12-15 · in Problems with Python dependency management

I didn't know this. I know this ticket is open https://github.com/direnv/direnv/issues/443 but it is not clear to me if it is working for bash

comment by mongol · 2024-12-08 · in Mise: Dev tools, env vars, task runner

…to the use_nix integration built-in to direnv? There is a fairly detailed (but old) comparison in https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Nix#some-factors-to-co... and in the meantime lorri and nix-direnv are the only ones still maintained.…

comment by Mathnerd314 · 2024-07-10 · in Automate Project Environments with Devbox and Direnv (2023)

…I just dislike it when people include one as a dependency when they really didn’t need it. [0]: https://github.com/direnv/direnv [1]: https://github.com/jdx/mise

comment by sgarland · 2024-06-23 · in Ruby: A great language for shell scripts

I also made the export diff configurable, motivated by this post: https://github.com/direnv/direnv/pull/1233

comment by zimbatm · 2024-02-01 · in Nix-direnv is a quality of life improvement

…You can simply add the following line[1] to your .bashrc or whatever: export DIRENV_LOG_FORMAT= [1] https://github.com/direnv/direnv/issues/68#issuecomment-1626...

comment by Aaronmacaron · 2024-01-31 · in Nix-direnv is a quality of life improvement

…instance has https://github.com/purcell/envrc which set per-buffer variables. More background in https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Nix .

comment by nextos · 2023-10-26 · in Nix Survival Mode: macOS upgrades won't break Nix anymore

…I want to load the shell.nix", it's more convenient to use direnv (which uses `nix print-dev-env`). https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/nix Another option is to use `nix develop --command fish`.

comment by rgoulter · 2023-08-12 · in The many issues plaguing Nix

…Python projects, and projects live in directories.. I find myself constantly reaching for direnv. https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python echo "layout python\npip install --upgrade pip pip-tools setuptools wheel\npip-sync" > .envrc…

comment by deizel · 2023-07-31 · in Ask HN: Is anyone using PyPy for real work?

…automagically for you when you cd into your project directory using something like: https://github.com/direnv/direnv I would avoid poetry. Edit: bah, somebody answered already tl;dr - Setup direnv and pyenv once and foggetaboutit.

comment by recuter · 2023-03-04 · in Testing multiple Python versions with nox and pyenv

…I `cd` out the configuration is removed. If you want to use poetry + direnv, that's also an option. https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#pyenv https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#poetry

comment by ellisv · 2022-05-10 · in Managing Python Versions with Pyenv

…that it doesn't play well with conda - the Python package management system (see this open issue https://github.com/direnv/direnv/issues/326 ). It can be a dealbreaker for some.

comment by kot-behemoth · 2022-04-05 · in Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf

…direnv is complementary to the various language-version tools, so it obviates needing asdf: https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki#project-layouts But it seems some folks combine the two: https://blog.mikecordell.com/2021/12/18/better-projec…

comment by js2 · 2022-04-05 · in Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf

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story by tosh · 2022-04-04 · 8 comments

…[2]. But just dropping `poetry shell` in an `.envrc` for direnv is better than nothing too. [1]: https://github.com/direnv/direnv [2]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50830617/149428

comment by tedmiston · 2022-03-05 · in A Python program can be outside of a virtual environment it uses

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Direnv/direnv: unclutter your .profile

story by leephillips · 2022-02-17 · 0 comments

…sometimes provided by strangers, via a Git repo that maybe I just wanted to look at). Hmm, https://github.com/direnv/direnv/issues/23 "security considerations" Ahh so for that, I don't check in my `.envrc` folders but yeah that's certainly…

comment by hardwaresofton · 2021-04-25 · in Starting a TypeScript Project in 2021

…sometimes provided by strangers, via a Git repo that maybe I just wanted to look at). Hmm, https://github.com/direnv/direnv/issues/23 "security considerations" Git-crypt seems like a nice way to maybe distribute secrets for accessing one's…

comment by KajMagnus · 2021-04-25 · in Starting a TypeScript Project in 2021

…Once you hook it up, it automatically enables/disables virtual environments based on directory. https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#pyenv

comment by erichurkman · 2019-09-24 · in Ask HN: How do you handle/maintain local Python environments?

…These are probably helpful: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Development_environment_with_nix-she... https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Nix https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-language-go https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#python

comment by GlennS · 2019-06-18 · in Things I learnt the hard way in thirty years of software development

…+ Nix is hard to learn. + Not compatible with the standard environment managers for each language. https://github.com/direnv/direnv https://nixos.org/nix/

comment by GlennS · 2019-01-04 · in Show HN: Jetpack – Webpack made more convenient

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story by csdrane · 2018-12-12 · 0 comments

https://github.com/direnv/direnv very Important for me, to load envs

comment by fangxing · 2018-09-01 · in CLI: Improved

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Direnv/direnv: Unclutter your .profile

story by olalonde · 2016-08-26 · 0 comments

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Ask HN: Generic Replacement for Rbenv, NVM, GVM?

story by Stratus3D · 2015-09-21 · 2 comments