pyenv setup notes

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### install pyenv for Mac with bash ###

# install pyenv
brew install pyenv

# install pyenv-virtualenv
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv.git $(pyenv root)/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv

# configure pyenv
echo -e 'if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n  eval "$(pyenv init -)"\nfi' >> ~/.bash_profile

# configure pyenv-virtualenv
echo 'eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile

### set up pyenv for a project ###

# install target python (if not installed)
pyenv install 3.4.2

# create venv
pyenv virtualenv 3.4.2 myenv

# run in project root:
# activate venv, and write .python-version 
pyenv local myenv

# (from now on changing to project dir should activate myenv)

### other useful stuff ###

# ignore .python-version file if it shouldn't be in version control
echo ".python-version" >> .git/info/exclude

# get path to python, if you need it for the PyCharm project interpreter for example
pyenv which python