[New-bugs-announce] [issue37403] Recommend .venv for virtual environment names

[Brett Cannon]

New submission from Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>:

I've been asked enough times about what directory name to use for virtual environments I'm going to update https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html#module-venv to suggest `.venv` if you don't have a specific name (`.env` clashes with environment variable definition files which is a common issue I see users run into).

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assignee: brett.cannon
components: Documentation
messages: 346549
nosy: brett.cannon
priority: low
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Recommend .venv for virtual environment names
versions: Python 3.9

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