vend

Work in progress

Vendored dependencies for Python. No more Virtualenv bullshit!

Usage:

$ vend init
Creating Pipfile...
Creating vendor dir (my_package/vendor)...
Done! Please add the following lines to your __init__.py:

  v_path = os.path.sep.join([
      os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'vendor'])
  if os.path.isdir(v_path):
      sys.path.append(v_path)

$ vend install some dependencies
$ python3.5 -m my_package  # no venv!

FAQ

Why would you do that?

I just got tired of all these incompatibilities between venvs (conda, pew/pipenv, vanilla virtualenv etc) and stuff.

Also, this allows you to rename and move and copy project and sync it over $YOUR_FAVOURITE_STORAGE_PROVIDER without breaking anything (i. e. virtualenvs).

Should I check my vendored dependencies into the VCS?

This is actually up to you. Kenneth Reitz does this (pipenv, requests), I personally just don't like it.