makes a python virtualenv from the name of the current directory. stores all virtualenvs in a common location

mkvirtualenv.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
#  usage: mkvirtualenv [any virtualenv params]
#
#  Creates a virtualenv in the directory defined by STORE using the current 
#  directory's name as the virtualenv name.
#

STORE="/home/$USER/.virtualenv/env"

if [ ! -d $STORE ]
then
    echo "Virtualenv storage  does not exist!"
    echo "Creating storage: $STORE"
    mkdir -p $STORE
fi

VIRTUAL_ENV=$(which virtualenv)
ENV_NAME=$(basename $(pwd))
if [[ "$ENV_NAME" == "." ]]
then
    echo "is ."    
fi

echo "Making virtualenv: $ENV_NAME"

PARAMS="$@ $STORE/$ENV_NAME"

exec $VIRTUAL_ENV $PARAMS