Script to relocate venvs from ~/Sandbox into ~/.venvs and leave symlinks

migrate_venvs.sh

Script to relocate venvs from ~/Sandbox into ~/.venvs and leave symlinks

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

VENV_ROOT="${VENV_ROOT:-$HOME/.venvs}"
mkdir -p "$VENV_ROOT"

echo "Scanning $HOME/Sandbox for virtualenv activate scripts..."
processed=0
migrated=0
skipped=0

while IFS= read -r -d '' activate_path; do
  env_path="$(dirname "$activate_path")"
  env_dir="$(cd "$env_path/.." && pwd)"
  project_dir="$(dirname "$env_dir")"
  venv_name="$(basename "$env_dir")"

  # Use project name + venv name for better uniqueness
  # If venv is named .venv, use just project name; otherwise use project_venvname
  project_name="$(basename "$project_dir")"
  if [[ "$venv_name" == ".venv" ]]; then
    target_name="$project_name"
  else
    target_name="${project_name}_${venv_name}"
  fi

  target="$VENV_ROOT/$target_name"
  ((processed++))

  echo "  • found env at $env_dir"
  echo "    project: $project_name, venv: $venv_name → $target_name"

  if [[ -L "$env_dir" ]]; then
    echo "    - already symlink, skipping"
    ((skipped++))
    continue
  fi

  if [[ -e "$target" ]]; then
    echo "    - target exists ($target), skipping"
    ((skipped++))
    continue
  fi

  mv "$env_dir" "$target"
  ln -sfn "$target" "$env_dir"
  echo "    - migrated -> $target"
  ((migrated++))
done < <(find -L "$HOME/Sandbox" -type f -path '*/bin/activate' -print0 2>/dev/null)

echo "Done. processed=$processed migrated=$migrated skipped=$skipped"