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Suggestion for different naming of virtual env in non-package mode #10289

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@Evan0000000000

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Change in current behaviour

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Currently with non-package-mode = false when poetry creates the virtual environment it seems like the folder name for the venv is something like:
"non-package-mode-{pseudo random string}-{python version}"
e.g.,
"non-package-mode-WCWsJ_DC-py3.11"

I'm curious if there's a technical reason for that particular string being used--obviously there's not necessarily a project name as poetry would otherwise use in pyproject.toml , but compared to e.g., using the last element of the path the project is in I could see it causing some confusion in a case like this:

  • I have several paths each using poetry in NPM to fiddle with different things
  • I activate one, prepending some variation on "non-package-mode-some_string-py3.11" to my prompt
  • I navigate away from the path the virtual env is relevant to
  • it's no longer apparent which of my couple of experimental envs are active (since they would all prepend non-package-mode-py3.11) somewhat removing the utility of modifying the prompt

Impact

I imagine this causing some amount of confusion with developers who have multiple terminals open or work on several things at once.

Workarounds

I assume the activation script could be modified manually for each virtual env should this be a pressing issue for anyone

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