Can I move a virtualenv?

Question

This question is not a duplicate.

It pertains not just to renaming a virtual environment, but to actually moving it to a different directory, incl

Answer 1

YES, YOU CAN! (In windows)

The workaround is easy, just move your virtual environment anywhere then edit activate.bat inside scripts\:

1. Move to the virtual environment to the desired directory

2. Right-click and edit activate.bat located at venv_folder\scripts.

3. Change VIRTUAL_ENV variable from:

    set VIRTUAL_ENV=C:\old_directory\venv_name
   

   into

    set VIRTUAL_ENV=C:\new_directory\venv_name
   

4. Save the edited batch file, and thats it!

NOTE: My solution should work and save windows users setting up new virtual environments, I doubt this will work in other operating system since .bat is from MS-DOS