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Add details to basic usage docs about setting VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT #7874

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Expand Up @@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ Therefore, Poetry has to create a sub-shell with the virtual environment activat
in order for the subsequent commands to run from within the virtual environment.
{{% /note %}}

If you'd like to prevent `poetry shell` from modifying your shell prompt on virtual environment activation, you should
set `VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1` as an environment variable before running the command.

Alternatively, to avoid creating a new shell, you can manually activate the
virtual environment by running `source {path_to_venv}/bin/activate` (`{path_to_venv}\Scripts\activate.ps1` in PowerShell).
To get the path to your virtual environment run `poetry env info --path`.
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