https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3584d4b64a5373440f78237eac734831cfd... commit: 3584d4b64a5373440f78237eac734831cfd83f79 branch: master author: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com> committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com> date: 2020-09-01T07:07:29+01:00 summary: [doc] Document VIRTUAL_ENV environment variable (GH-21970) files: M Doc/using/venv-create.inc diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index c8f6e8f87d567..8f850a74d413c 100644 --- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc +++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc @@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ directory containing the virtual environment): | | PowerShell | PS C:\\> <venv>\\Scripts\\Activate.ps1 | +-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ +When a virtual environment is active, the :envvar:`VIRTUAL_ENV` environment +variable is set to the path of the virtual environment. This can be used to +check if one is running inside a virtual environment. + You don't specifically *need* to activate an environment; activation just prepends the virtual environment's binary directory to your path, so that "python" invokes the virtual environment's Python interpreter and you can run