Sets up a Python project in a Mac OS X- or Linux-based environment with VSCode, git, and Poetry support. Once the project is configured, the script then creates a Git repo and pushing the resulting project files up to GitHub with an initial commit. It's basic project-level Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) for how I do things with Python. Maybe you'll find it useful too.

• Python 3.7 or higher
• Install Poetry.
• Install GitHub CLI.

• Clone the pydevenv repo.
• Create a $PYDEVENV environment variable with a path to your local copy of the pydevenv repo.
• Create a pat.txt file in the pydevenv folder. The pat.txt should contain your GitHub Personal Access Token. This PAT must have ability to create a repo, commit files and push them to GitHub. (To create the PAT initially, go to your GitHub profile and select "Settings": "Developer Settings": "Personal Access Tokens": "Tokens (classic)" along the left-hand menu.)
• Finally, add the pydevenv folder to your PATH.

• From a command prompt inside your development folder, type pydevenv [project_name], e.g., pydevenv helloworld.
  • NOTE: pydevenv will use the Python executable that it finds first on your PATH when setting up the virtual environment for your project. I use pyenv to choose the specific Python version I want before calling pydevenv.
• Once the script finishes, you will have a Python project named project_name under Git source control, and a copy of your new project on GitHub as well.