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brew install autoenv v0.4.0 MIT

Per-project, per-directory shell environments

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bash cd environment shell shell-extension shell-script shell-scripts terminal zsh

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To finish the installation, source activate.sh in your shell:
  source $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/autoenv/activate.sh
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