Change the default name of the created Conda environment

[yuttai]

The new Conda environment created by VS Code is always named by ".conda".


If we use this method to create more than one Conda environments named ".conda", they could not be distinguished directly by their display names. To distinguish them more easily, is it possible to change the default name of the created Conda environment to the name of the folder it contained? Thanks.

[karthiknadig]

conda allows creating environment by name or by prefix. We use the prefix method in the extension, as it creates the environment in the project. This allows for safe clean-up of the environment without disruptions. Also, this allows us to associate the environment with the project, for named environment there is no easy way to say which project the environment belongs to.

Try this extension, where you have option to create named environments. It is in preview and will need pre-release version of python extension (2024.23): https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.vscode-python-envs

I recommend filing this bug on Anaconda Navigator, as the display name there can be handled better by the navigator by using the containing project folder name.