Same default environment folder for two different projects?

[Lumesque]

Hey guys,

I am a bit new to using hatch (aka like a few days ago), but I work on a system where drive space can sometimes be an issue. From what I understand, setting up the correct data path to a specific one as opposed to default in user land would help so that the same project's dependencies aren't recreated if someone git clones a repo, but what about if two projects have the same dependencies? Would there be a way to cut down on the size there and have them both use the same environment/space, or would it be better to keep them separate and have a cleanup process?

[ofek]

Would the path option suffice?

[Lumesque]

That'd work, thank you! Is there any way to have that path variable be automatically generated with a hatch new command (would that be a plugin type thing, or is that an option in the template)?

[ofek]

Templates are based on plugins but I haven't really had time to update the interface to my liking so it is not documented. I would recommend using the environment variable.