My virtualenvwrapper postmkvirtualenv hook

postmkvirtualenv

#!/bin/bash
# This hook is run after a new virtualenv is activated.

set -e

(cat <<'PYDOC'
#!/usr/bin/env python
import pydoc
if __name__ == '__main__':
    pydoc.cli()
PYDOC
) > $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/pydoc
chmod +x $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/pydoc

(cat <<'POSTACTIVATE'
#!/bin/sh

export PROJECT_ROOT=$HOME/Projects/__PROJECT_ROOT__
export PATH=$PROJECT_ROOT/bin:$PATH

pushd $PROJECT_ROOT
POSTACTIVATE
) > $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/postactivate
sed -i -e "s/__PROJECT_ROOT__/`basename $VIRTUAL_ENV`/g" $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/postactivate
chmod +x $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/postactivate

pip install -q https://github.com/acdha/pep8/tarball/master pyflakes ipython ipdb flake8

Check out the virtualenvwrapper.project plugin for managing the cwd when you activate an environment.