Virtualenv “. venv/bin/activate” vs “source venv/bin/activate”

Question

lets say i created a virtualenv called venv (virtualenv venv)

From reading tutorials, i read there are 2 ways to activate virtual env:

1. . venv/

Answer 1

The . command is essentially an alias for the source. They both execute a given script in the current shell without forking a new shell.

Here are some nice examples.