On Windows .venv creates .gitignore in its own directory, not in root.

[5puKn2rKULnv]

Bug report

Bug description:

When running venv in Windows, it will create a .venv directory, where within a .gitignore file can be found by default. However Git cannot see it until the directory is commited. Does it not make more sense to generate the .gitignore file in the root folder by default?

CPython versions tested on:

3.13

Operating systems tested on:

Windows

[ronaldoussoren]

The current behaviour (.gitignore in the just created virtual environment) is intentional, this allows for ignoring the virtual environment in git without editing a project-global gitignore file.

See also #83417

[5puKn2rKULnv]

I understand. Might it not be useful to add, when creating a virtual environment, an option, so that a flag can be added to place the .gitignore in the root folder?

[ronaldoussoren]

What's the usefulness of adding such an option? The current behaviour already ensures that virtual environments are not checked in.