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+pyenv plugins provide new commands and/or hook into existing functionality of
+pyenv. The following file naming scheme should be followed in a plugin project:
+
+1. `bin/pyenv-COMMAND` for commands
+2. `etc/pyenv.d/HOOK_NAME/*.bash` for hooks
+
+
+## pyenv commands
+
+An pyenv command is an executable named like `pyenv-COMMAND`. It will get
+executed when a user runs `pyenv COMMAND`. Its help will be displayed when a
+user runs `pyenv help COMMAND`. It can be written in any interpreted language,
+but bash script is recommended for portability.
+
+**A plugin command can't override any of the pyenv's built-in commands.**
+
+### Environment
+
+Each pyenv command runs with the following environment:
+
+* `$PYENV_ROOT` - where pyenv versions & user data is placed, typically `~/.pyenv`
+* `$PYENV_DIR` - the current directory of the caller
+* `$PATH` - constructed to contain:
+  1. pyenv's `libexec` dir with core commands
+  1. `$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/*/bin` for plugin commands
+  1. `$PATH` (external value)
+
+### Calling other commands
+
+When calling other commands from a command, use the `pyenv-COMMAND` form (with
+dash) instead of `pyenv COMMAND` (with space).
+
+Use pyenv's core low-level commands to inspect the environment instead of doing
+it manually. For example, read the result of `pyenv-prefix` instead of
+constructing it like `$PYENV_ROOT/versions/$version`.
+
+A plugin command shouldn't have too much knowledge of pyenv's internals.
+
+### Help text
+
+An pyenv command should provide help text in the topmost comment of its source
+code. The help format is described in `pyenv help help`.
+
+Here is a template for an executable called `pyenv-COMMAND`:
+
+```sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Summary: One line, short description of a command
+#
+# Usage: pyenv COMMAND [--optional-flag] <required-argument>
+#
+# More thorough help text wrapped at 70 characters that spans
+# multiple lines until the end of the comment block.
+
+set -e
+[ -n "$PYENV_DEBUG" ] && set -x
+
+# Optional: Abort with usage line when called with invalid arguments
+# (replace COMMAND with the name of this command)
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  pyenv-help --usage COMMAND >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+```
+
+### Completions
+
+A command can optionally provide tab-completions in the shell by outputting
+completion values when invoked with the `--complete` flag.
+
+``` sh
+# Provide pyenv completions
+if [ "$1" = "--complete" ]; then
+  echo hello
+  exit
+fi
+```
+
+Note: **it's important to keep the above comment intact**. This is how pyenv
+detects if a command is capable of providing completion values.
+
+
+## pyenv hooks
+
+Hooks are bash scripts named like `HOOK_NAME/*.bash`, where "HOOK_NAME" is one
+of:
+
+* `exec`
+* `rehash`
+* `which`
+
+Hooks are looked for in `$PYENV_HOOK_PATH`, which is composed of:
+
+1. `$PYENV_HOOK_PATH` (external value)
+1. `$PYENV_ROOT/pyenv.d`
+1. `/usr/local/etc/pyenv.d`
+1. `/etc/pyenv.d`
+1. `/usr/lib/pyenv/hooks`
+1. `$PYENV_ROOT/plugins/*/etc/pyenv.d`
+
+Hook scripts are executed at specific points during pyenv operation. They
+provide a low-level entry point for integration with pyenv's functionality. To
+get a better understanding of the possibilities with hooks, read the source
+code of pyenv's hook-enabled commands listed above.
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+Setting up pyenv on a production server is exactly the same as in development.
+Some considerations for a hypothetical deployment strategy:
+
+* It is suggested that there is a single user for deployment, e.g. "app" user
+* `PYENV_ROOT` is at the default location: `~app/.pyenv`
+* Ruby versions are either installed or symlinked to `~app/.pyenv/versions`
+* pyenv version 0.2 or greater is recommended.
+
+Users of Capistrano may find these projects useful:
+
+* [capistrano-pyenv](https://github.com/yyuu/capistrano-pyenv)
+
+## Ensure consistent PATH for processes
+
+Interactive, non-interactive shells, cron jobs, and similar processes for the
+"app" user all must ensure that pyenv is present in the PATH:
+
+    export PATH=~/.pyenv/shims:~/.pyenv/bin:"$PATH"
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+See [[Authoring plugins]] for instructions on how to write new commands for
+pyenv or hook into its functionality.
+
+A plugin can be installed by dropping it in as a sub-directory of
+`$PYENV_ROOT/plugins`, or it can be located elsewhere on the system as long as
+`pyenv-*` executables are placed in the `$PATH` and hooks are installed
+accordingly somewhere in `$PYENV_HOOK_PATH`.
+
+## Approved plugins
+
+This list is edited by pyenv maintainers.
+
+* [virtualenv](https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-virtualenv) - the standard way to manage virtualenv with pyenv (formerly as known as [python-virtualenv](https://github.com/yyuu/python-virtualenv))
+* [virtualenvwrapper](https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-virtualenvwrapper) - allow you to play pyenv with virtualenvwrapper
+* [pip-rehash](https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-pip-rehash) - Automatically run `pyenv rehash` every time you install a new package via pip
diff --git a/Unix-shell-initialization.md b/Unix-shell-initialization.md
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+Shell initialization files are ways to persist common shell configuration, such
+as:
+
+* `$PATH` and other environment variables
+* shell prompt
+* shell tab-completion
+* aliases, functions
+* key bindings
+
+
+## Shell modes
+
+Which initialization files get sourced by the shell is dependent on the
+combination of modes in which a particular shell process runs. There are two
+main, non-exclusive modes:
+
+* **login** - e.g. when user logs in to a system with non-graphical interface or
+  via SSH;
+* **interactive** - shell that has a prompt and whose standard input and error
+  are both connected to terminals.
+
+These modes can be manually activated with the following flags to bash/zsh:
+
+* `-l`, `--login`
+* `-i`
+
+Here are some common operations and shell modes they result in:
+
+* log in to a remote system via SSH:
+  **login + interactive**
+* execute a script remotely, e.g. `ssh user@host 'echo $PWD'` or with
+  [Capistrano][]: **non‑login,&nbsp;non‑interactive**
+* start a new shell process, e.g. `bash`:
+  **non‑login, interactive**
+* run a script, `bash myscript.sh`:
+  **non‑login, non‑interactive**
+* run an executable with `#!/usr/bin/env bash` shebang:
+  **non‑login, non‑interactive**
+* open a new graphical terminal window/tab:
+  * on Mac OS X: **login, interactive**
+  * on Linux: **non‑login, interactive**
+
+
+## Shell init files
+
+In order of activation:
+
+### bash
+
+1. **login** mode:
+   1. `/etc/profile`
+   2. `~/.bash_profile`, `~/.bash_login`, `~/.profile` (only first one that exists)
+2. interactive **non-login**:
+   1. `/etc/bash.bashrc` (some Linux; not on Mac OS X)
+   2. `~/.bashrc`
+3. **non-interactive**:
+   1. source file in `$BASH_ENV`
+
+### Zsh
+
+1. `/etc/zshenv`
+2. `~/.zshenv`
+3. **login** mode:
+   1. `/etc/zprofile`
+   2. `~/.zprofile`
+4. **interactive**:
+   1. `/etc/zshrc`
+   2. `~/.zshrc`
+5. **login** mode:
+   1. `/etc/zlogin`
+   2. `~/.zlogin`
+
+### [dash][]
+
+1. **login** mode:
+   1. `/etc/profile`
+   2. `~/.profile`
+2. **interactive**:
+   1. source file in `$ENV`
+
+### [fish][]
+
+1. `<install-prefix>/config.fish`
+2. `/etc/fish/config.fish`
+3. `~/.config/fish/config.fish`
+
+### Practical guide to which files get sourced when
+
+* Opening a new Terminal window/tab:
+  * **bash**
+     * OS X: `.bash_profile` or `.profile` (1st found)
+     * Linux: `.profile` (Ubuntu, once per desktop login session) + `.bashrc`
+  * **Zsh**
+     * OS X: `.zshenv` + `.zprofile` + `.zshrc`
+     * Linux: `.profile` (Ubuntu, once per desktop login session) + `.zshenv` + `.zshrc`
+* Logging into a system via SSH:
+  * **bash**: `.bash_profile` or `.profile` (1st found)
+  * **Zsh**: `.zshenv` + `.zprofile` + `.zshrc`
+* Executing a command remotely with `ssh` or Capistrano:
+  * **bash**: `.bashrc`
+  * **Zsh**: `.zshenv`
+* Remote git hook triggered by push over SSH:
+  * *no init files* get sourced, since hooks are running [within a restricted shell](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-shell)
+  * PATH will be roughly: `/usr/libexec/git-core:/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin`
+
+## Misc. things that affect `$PATH`
+
+* OS X:
+  * `/etc/paths`, `/etc/paths.d/*`
+  * [`~/.MacOSX/environment.plist`][plist] - affects **all** graphical programs
+  * `/etc/launchd.conf`
+  * TextMate: Preferences -> Advanced -> Shell Variables
+* Linux:
+  * `/etc/environment`
+
+## Final notes
+
+This guide was tested with:
+
+* bash 4.2.37, 4.2.39
+* Zsh  4.3.11, 5.0
+
+On these operating systems/apps:
+
+* Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion): Terminal.app, iTerm2
+* Ubuntu 12.10: Terminal
+
+See also:
+
+* [Environment Variables](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables)
+* path_helper(8)
+* launchd.conf(5)
+* pam_env(8)
+
+
+  [Capistrano]: https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano/wiki
+  [dash]: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/
+  [fish]: http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/user_doc/html/index.html#initialization
+  [plist]: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20002093-113982
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+### pyenv _does..._
+
+* Let you **change the global Python version** on a per-user basis.
+* Provide support for **per-project Python versions**.
+* Allow you to **override the Python version** with an environment
+  variable.
+* Search commands from **multiple versions of Python at a time**.
+  This may be helpful to test across Python versions with [tox](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tox).
+
+### In contrast with pythonbrew and pythonz, pyenv _does not..._
+
+* **Depending on Python itself.** pyenv was made from pure shell scripts.
+    There is no bootstrap problem of Python.
+* **Need to be loaded into your shell.** Instead, pyenv's shim
+    approach works by adding a directory to your `$PATH`.
+* **Manage virtualenv.** Of course, you can create [virtualenv](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv)
+    yourself, or [pyenv-virtualenv](https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-virtualenv)
+    to automate the process.
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+The `python-local-exec` command is **deprecated** as of pyenv 0.2.0 and will be removed in the next major release.
+
+## What is python-local-exec?
+
+`python-local-exec` was introduced in pyenv 0.1.0 as a drop-in replacement for the standard Python shebang line:
+
+    #!/usr/bin/env python-local-exec
+
+With `python-local-exec` in place, scripts in an application with a `.python-version` or `.pyenv-version` file use the application-specific Python version, regardless of what directory they're run from. This is useful for running scripts in cron jobs without needing to `cd` into the application first.
+
+## Why is it deprecated?
+
+The functionality provided by `python-local-exec` has been rolled into the standard `python` shim provided by pyenv. 
+
+Now, when you run scripts or binstubs in an application with a `.python-version` file, pyenv will automatically use the application's specified Python version, regardless of what directory they're run from.
+
+To upgrade, first ensure your team and its servers are on pyenv 0.2.0 or later. Adjust your shebangs back to:
+
+    #!/usr/bin/env python
+
+Then be sure to regenerate your shims with `pyenv rehash`.
+
+## Can I silence the warning message?
+
+Set `PYENV_SILENCE_WARNINGS=1` in your environment to silence the `python-local-exec` deprecation warning message.