Also show name for conda environments created in the workspace

[DonJayamanne]

I have two workspace conda environments namely .conda and .condaTesting as well as a number of virtual environments named .venv, etc..

As you can see from the image, the names of the workspace level conda enviornments are wrong.
As a result its very confusing to tell what conda env has been selected.

[karrtikr]

At least when displaying it, we can show the name. Even though while activating or using the environments, these have no names.

Marking as a good first issue, code to be modified here:

vscode-python/src/client/pythonEnvironments/base/info/env.ts

Line 155 in 401418a

function buildEnvDisplayString(env: PythonEnvInfo, getAllDetails = false): string {

if env.searchLocation exists and it is a conda environment, create display name using env name.

[luabud]

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[CosetteX]

Hi @luabud Can I take this issue?

[karrtikr]

@CosetteX Yep go ahead.

[luabud]

Hi @CosetteX, since it's been one month since OSD I'm removing you as an assignee. You can still feel free to submit a PR to this issue if you'd like, but we're going to leave it open for other contributors too.

[PopoDev]

Hi @karrtikr, I'd like to give it a try!

If I understood correctly conda environments don't have an env.name. Can we create the display name using the basename of env.location ?

[karrtikr]

Fix should be out in the pre-release version of the extension in a day, use the following to try it out:

[PopoDev]

The fix seems to work as expected. It shows the names of the workspace level conda environments, e.g .conda, .condaTesting and .condaWorkspace.

[PopoDev]

Also the new Create Environment in Select Interpreter looks neat !

[jrieken]

Adding verified based on #21770 (comment)