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xkcd #1987: Python Environment
(xkcd.com)
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Seconded, after being burned repeatedly I always do this. But why are you calling activate from the directory above?
I don't think he does. If you're talking about the third line, there's a space between the dots.
The dot command is equivalent to
source
(running the script in the context of the current shell).