Create Env: Test creating a virtual environment using the Create Environment command.

[karthiknadig]

Refs: #19850

• macOS @meganrogge
• linux @jrieken
• windows @bamurtaugh

Complexity: 2

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Requirements:

1. Python v3.7 or greater
2. Python extension pre-release.

Verification

Workspace folder with only python code.

1. Open a workspace folder containing some python files.
2. Run the Python: Create Environment command.
3. Select venv option.
4. Go through the steps, to get the environment created.
5. See if extension pop up a notification to select it.

Workspace folder with python code and requirements.txt

Sample requirement.txt: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-isort/blob/main/requirements.txt

1. Open a workspace folder containing some python files.
2. Run the Python: Create Environment command.
3. Select venv.
4. Go through the steps, to get the environment created.
5. Look at the logs to see if the packages in requirements.txt were installed.
6. See if extension pops up a notification to select it.

NOTE: Extension notification on environment creation is temporary, we plan on suppressing it and selecting the environment automatically on creation. If you do feel that notification is helpful, let us know.

[meganrogge]

I can't run that command - what am I doing wrong?

[karthiknadig]

@meganrogge Can you open a python file? Python extension is not activated. Looks like we may have missed adding this command to the activation list.