make setup in new project doesn't find uv installed python versions

[elyase]

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[pawamoy]

Hi @elyase, thanks for the report. Any error message?

[pawamoy]

We're just running uv venv --python {version} under the hood so it should work 🤷

[elyase]

This is what I get in a new fresh project:

> git init .
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/yaser/Documents/test-copier-uv/.git/
> make setup
Installing dependencies (default environment)
  × No interpreter found for executable name `python` in managed installations or search path
> uv python list
cpython-3.13.0+freethreaded-macos-aarch64-none    <download available>
cpython-3.13.0-macos-aarch64-none                 /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.13 -> ../Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3.13
cpython-3.12.7-macos-aarch64-none                 <download available>
cpython-3.12.5-macos-aarch64-none                 /Users/yaser/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.12.5-macos-aarch64-none/bin/python3.12
cpython-3.11.10-macos-aarch64-none                <download available>
cpython-3.11.6-macos-aarch64-none                 /Users/yaser/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.11.6-macos-aarch64-none/bin/python3.11
cpython-3.10.15-macos-aarch64-none                /Users/yaser/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.10.15-macos-aarch64-none/bin/python3.10
cpython-3.9.20-macos-aarch64-none                 <download available>
cpython-3.9.6-macos-aarch64-none                  /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/python3 -> ../../Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3
cpython-3.8.20-macos-aarch64-none                 <download available>
pypy-3.10.14-macos-aarch64-none                   <download available>
pypy-3.9.19-macos-aarch64-none                    <download available>
pypy-3.8.16-macos-aarch64-none                    <download available>

[pawamoy]

Thanks. Looks like you don't have a single python executable available on your path. I'm not a macOS user so I wouldn't know what's the best way to provide one, other than using pyenv.

Maybe try this - in the make script, make this change:

     if not default_venv.exists():
-        shell("uv venv --python python")
+        shell("uv venv")

(line 59)

...and let me know if that works better 🙂

[elyase]

it works! thanks for the fix and quick reply!

Indeed I don't have a default global python executable (by design :-)). I stopped using pyenv since uv can now manage python installs too (uv python and uv tool)

[pawamoy]

Makes sense! Thanks for confirming it works, all tests pass with this change so I'll release it 😄

[elyase]

thanks a lot for the great template, will become my default now