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+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of python-gnupg, a Python wrapper around GnuPG.
+# Copyright © 2013 Isis Lovecruft, Andrej B.
+#           © 2008-2012 Vinay Sajip
+#           © 2005 Steve Traugott
+#           © 2004 A.M. Kuchling
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+project=python-gnupg
+VENV=$(which virtualenv)
+WRPR=$(which virtualenvwrapper.sh)
+
+
+if ! test -n "$VENV" ; then
+    printf "Couldn't find virtualenv. Are you sure it's installed?"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! test -n "$WRPR"; then
+    printf "Couldn't find virtualenvwrapper. Are you sure it's installed?"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+test -r "$WRPR" && . $WRPR
+okay=$?
+
+if test "$okay" -eq 0 ; then
+    printf "Using %s as WORKON_HOME for the new virtualenv...\n" "$PWD"
+    printf"What should the name of the new virtualenv be? (default: '%s')\n" "$project"
+    read -p"Name for this virtualenv?: " name
+    if test -z "$name"; then
+        name="$project"
+    fi
+    printf "Using '$name' as our project's name..."
+    printf "Creating virtualenv..."
+    mkvirtualenv -a "$PWD" --no-site-packages \
+        --distribute --prompt="(gnupg)" "$name"
+    exit $?
+else
+    printf "Something went wrong..."
+    printf "Exit code %d from mkvirtualenv." "$okay"
+    exit $okay
+fi