Fixing "deactivate" command for virtual environments

"deactivate" not working by default is a limitation of our new approach to activate terminals. To fix this add the following script to any of the init scripts for the shell you're using:

Bash

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• Add one of the following to ~/.bashrc file. Run code ~/.bashrc in bash to open the file in VS Code:

  • Download deactivate script and add the following:

    source <path_to_dir>/deactivate

  • Or add contents of deactivate directly.

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Powershell

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• Add one of the following to your PowerShell profile. Run code $Profile in pwsh to open the file in VS Code:

  • Download deactivate.ps1 script and add the following:

    & "<path_to_dir>/deactivate.ps1"

  • Or add contents of deactivate.ps1 directly.

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Zsh

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• Add one of the following to ~/.zshrc file. Run code ~/.zshrc in bash to open the file in VS Code:

  • Download deactivate script and add the following:

    source <path_to_dir>/deactivate

  • Or add contents of deactivate directly.

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Fish

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• Add one of the following to your config.fish. Run code $__fish_config_dir/config.fish in fish to open the file in VS Code:

  • Download deactivate.fish script and add the following:

    source <path_to_dir>/deactivate.fish

  • Or add contents of deactivate.fish directly.

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Csh

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-Add one of the following to your ~/.cshrc. Run code ~/.cshrc in fish to open the file in VS Code:

• Download deactivate.csh script and add the following:

  source <path_to_dir>/deactivate.csh

• Or add contents of deactivate.csh directly.

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Other shells

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• Use default script for the OS:
  • If on Windows, use the script under Powershell category.
  • Otherwise, use the script under Bash category.
• Add the script at the end of corresponding initialization script for your shell.

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Why it works:

In the new approach, we do not run <venv>/<bin>/activate script which traditionally registers the deactivate shell hook. Hence we need to add it manually to shell initialization script (~/.bashrc for example) which is executed automatically when a terminal starts.

Alternative solution:

Turn off auto-activation: Set "python.terminal.activateEnvironment": false and reopen the shells.