Activating a shared named environment via JULIA_PROJECT?

General Usage
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Is there a way to activate a shared named environment via $JULIA_PROJECT or julia --project, without using the absolute path? So, an equivalent to ] activate --shared myenv?

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No.

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Thanks, I’ll post an issue.

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Done Allow for specifying shared named environments on Julia start · Issue #35354 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub

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One used case I have for this is passing an environment when combining VSCode/Julia with VSCode remote sessions (absolute path is different depending on remote system).

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cc @davidanthoff

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Just FYI, you can do it with JULIA_LOAD_PATH.

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True, though $JULIA_LOAD_PATH may already be set to system-dependent values, so fiddling with that to change the project is not always ideal and requires more care than $JULIA_LOAD_PATH. Also, it’s hard to pass env-variables via SSH (e.g. when starting remote processes) adding --project=... to the julia command is often easier.

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Thanks for reminding me, though! I probably can use “$JULIA_LOAD_PATH” as a workaround in a specific use case I have for now.

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@oschulz ah, that is an interesting point!