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How to activate venv in Git Bash on Windows

When running venv/Scripts/activate doesn't appear to work.

TL;DR

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. venv/Scripts/activate

Explanation

venv is a virtual environment for Python development.

Normally, on Windows, you create it with something like:

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# create a new virtual named 'venv' in your current directory
python -m venv venv

And then activate it with one of:

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# Powershell
venv/Scripts/activate.ps1
# Batch script
venv/Scripts/activate.bat

However, in Git Bash, running the following doesn't appear to activate the environment:

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venv/Scripts/activate

According to this Stackoverflow answer, this is because running the script runs it in a new instance of the shell, which is destroyed after execution.

To activate it in your current shell:

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. venv/Scripts/activate

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