Pipenv not setting PYTHONPATH

Question

I have the following structure

.
├── module1
│  ├── __init__.py
│  └── start.py
├── module2
│  ├── __init__.py
│  └── settings.py
└── Pipfile

cat module1/start.py

from module2.settings import VAR
if __name__ == '__main__':
 print(VAR)

cat module2/settings.py

VAR = 'foo'

If I try to run my program I get

pipenv shell
python module1/start.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "module1/start.py", line 1, in <module>
 from module2.settings import VAR
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'module2'

or

pipenv run python module1/start.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "module1/start.py", line 1, in <module>
 from module2.settings import VAR
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'module2'

Why doesn't pipenv set PYTHONPATH correctly ?

Answer 1

I realized I can use .env files to setup PYTHONPATH and make pipenv use it.

echo "PYTHONPATH=${PWD}" >> .env 

• givemesnacks: It's safer to use >>: echo "PYTHONPATH=${PWD}" >> .env