# Meaning of package manager prompt

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meaning-of-package-manager-prompt/11965>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [June 26, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meaning-of-package-manager-prompt/11965 "2018-06-26T14:00:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkamins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bkamins/32/208538_2.png) [@bkamins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bkamins)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meaning-of-package-manager-prompt/11965/1 "2018-06-26T14:00:55Z")

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The Julia Manual when describing package manager prompt states:

> The part inside the parenthesis of the prompt shows the name of the current project.

However, I am not sure about what is the meaning of word “current” in this sentence.

For example assume that we are in an empty named `ABC` in Julia REPL.  
We run `init` in package manager mode do create `Project.toml`. Now the prompt will show:

```julia
(ABC) pkg>

```

and the folder is added as a first entry to `LOAD_PATH`.

Now exit Julia and start it again. `LOAD_PATH` does not contain project folder - you need to `activate` it to add it. However, going to package manager mode gives:

```julia
(ABC) pkg>

```

even without activation.

The question is is this intended and in particular:

1. what is the `(ABC)` meant to mean in package manager mode: just to indicate that somewhere `Project.toml` file exists upwards in the folder tree?
2. is there a way to check if the project is activated except from looking at `LOAD_PATH` or `Pkg.API.ACTIVE_ENV` directly?

CC @kristoffer.carlsson 🙂

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meaning-of-package-manager-prompt/11965/2 "2018-06-26T14:05:04Z")

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> [@bkamins](#):
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> you need to `activate` it to add it.

This is actually not the case on master. It was for a while but changed back while some things are figured out. It is likely it will be soon, and then you would need to `activate`.

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**Author:** ![bkamins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bkamins/32/208538_2.png) [@bkamins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bkamins)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meaning-of-package-manager-prompt/11965/3 "2018-06-26T14:30:52Z")

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Thank you. Target is moving fast.