The VSCode Python Environment Manager extension automates the creation of a Visual Studio Code workspace file for Python projects. It simplifies the process of configuring Python paths, debugging settings, and environment variables for your workspace.
✨ Features
🔍 Automatically scans the workspace for Python files and adds their paths to the workspace configuration.
🚫 Excludes specific folders (e.g., __pycache__, logs, build) from the workspace.
📄 Generates a .env file with the PYTHONPATH variable for easy environment configuration.
🛠️ Creates a pyenv.py script to manage Python environment paths and execute scripts.
🐞 Configures debugging settings for Python files.
🧠 Automatically detects the active Python interpreter.
🛡️ Usage
Open a Python project in Visual Studio Code.
Run the Set Python Environment command from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P), or right-click within the Explorer view and select Set Python Environment from the context menu.
Run the command from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P) Or right-click on the Explorer view and select the option Set Python Environment
The extension will:
📂 Create a .code-workspace file in the root of your workspace.
🌐 Generate a .env file with the PYTHONPATH variable.
📝 Create a pyenv.py script in the Python interpreter's Lib directory.
The workspace file will be opened automatically in Visual Studio Code.
⚙️ Configuration
🗂️ Excluded Folders
The following folders are excluded from the workspace configuration by default:
bin
report
results
logs
build
__pycache__
You can modify the EXCLUDE_FOLDERS array in the extension settings to customize this behavior:
🐍 Python Interpreter
The extension automatically detects the active Python interpreter using the Python extension (ms-python.python). Ensure the Python extension is installed and activated in your Visual Studio Code.
📜 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
