# Julia v1.4, @ in default environment name?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-4-in-default-environment-name/36508>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-4-in-default-environment-name/36508 "2020-03-25T18:40:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ccoffrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ccoffrin/32/400_2.png) [@ccoffrin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ccoffrin)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-4-in-default-environment-name/36508/1 "2020-03-25T18:40:17Z")

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In Julia v1.4 the default environment looks like `(@v1.4) pkg>` previously it looked like, `(v1.3) pkg>`

What’s the meaning of the `@`?

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-4-in-default-environment-name/36508/2 "2020-03-25T18:43:49Z")

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It means that it is a “shared projectt” in the sense that it is only identified by it’s name (not a path).

For example:

```julia
(@v1.5) pkg> activate --shared MySharedProject
 Activating new environment at `~/.julia/environments/MySharedProject/Project.toml`

(@MySharedProject) pkg>

```

No matter what path you are in, the shared project `MySharedProject` will refer to the same project. Just like the (default) v1.5 project is shared and you can activate it with `activate --shared v1.5`.

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**Author:** ![ccoffrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ccoffrin/32/400_2.png) [@ccoffrin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ccoffrin)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-4-in-default-environment-name/36508/3 "2020-03-25T18:52:20Z")

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Super cool feature. Thanks for explaining!