Django and virtualenv - Adding to git repo

Question

For may first django app, I used the following process to create app.

$ virtualenv --no-site-packages django-env
$ source django-env/bin/activate
(django-env)$ pip install django
(django-env)$ django-admin.py startproject myproject

Now I have two folders

django-env
myproject

Do I need to include django-env in git repo (git init), or just myproject. When deploy, how the dependencies are handled.

I edited your question to reflect that a key piece of the question is virtualenv. Hope you don't mind. — Platinum Azure, Sep 11 '12 at 14:13
No, thank you. That would help to reach wider resource. thanks again. — bsr, Sep 11 '12 at 14:14

jpic · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-11T16:48:10.180

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Don't add the env to the repo. Instead, before deploying, run command pip freeze and save the output in a text file say requirements.txt. This file should be in the repo. To install dependencies in a fresh virtualenv when deploying:

pip install -r requirements.txt

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answered Sep 11 '12 at 14:14

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And presumably that file (`requirements.txt`) should be in source control? – Platinum Azure Sep 11 '12 at 14:15
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but before running the command 'pip install -r requirements.txt', you must first execute something like 'python -m venv env', right? – Diego Monsalve Jul 18 '21 at 13:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '12 at 11:46

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Bad idea include .env on git, bcs not all apps installed in .env directory, part of this installed in your system directories

answered Sep 12 '12 at 11:46

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Django and virtualenv - Adding to git repo

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