activate virtualenv in git bash using pycharm on windows

Question

I have activated git bash instead of command prompt (cmd) in Pycharm. Whenever I try to activate the virtualenv, which is named venv, I face with two problems:

After I execute source venv/Scripts/activate, face with the following error:

bash: basename: command not found
()

which (I think) means that it doesn't recognize source command.

Running ./venv/Scripts/activate has also another problem:

You must source this script: $ source ./venv/Scripts/activate
()

What should I do?

PS: Also <exact-directory>/venv/Scripts/activate works properly in cmd.

zeki kadiroğlu · Answer

just write this command line in your virtual environment file:
. Scripts/activate

Further Reading · Answer

The correct answer appears to be in the comment added by @Touten.
This is actually just a display issue -  the venv is activated, but it doesn't display the usual (venv) tag in the terminal. This can be confirmed by calling which python and seeing that is displays the venv's python.
Alternatively, you can follow the answer by @Nikki-Aaron to disable automatically activating the venv. Then you can activate it using source venv/Scripts/activate and it will show the tag in the terminal.

Nikki · Answer

There is a setting in File > Settings > Terminal for "Activate virtualenv". This works for cmd shell, but seems not to work with bash in Windows 10. If I uncheck that setting, 'source venv/Scripts/activate' activates as expected.

Answered by Nikki on January 1, 2022

Mostafa Ghadimi · Answer

There is a python package called pipenv.

It can be installed easily by entering pip install pipenv command. Then start using it by executing the following command:

pipenv shell

It automatically creates a new virtual environment.

Freezing the packages is as simple as:

pipenv lock -r > requirements.txt

activate virtualenv in git bash using pycharm on windows

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