--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/venvit2.py	Fri Jun 28 10:26:54 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""
+make a virtualenv for the product
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+# class for VCS
+# TODO: hg, git, ...
+
+# usage
+
+args = sys.argv[1:]
+if len(args) != 1:
+    print "Usage: %prog <svn-or-hg-location>"
+fi
+
+# determine name of the package
+NAME=
+for i in /trunk /branches /tag
+do
+    NAME=${NAME%%$i*}
+done
+NAME=${NAME%%/} # remove trailing slash
+NAME=${NAME##*/}
+
+if svn info $1 2> /dev/null
+then
+    CHECKOUT="svn co"
+else
+    CHECKOUT="hg clone"
+fi
+
+# create a virtualenv and install the software
+VIRTUAL_ENV_LOCATION="${HOME}/virtualenv/virtualenv.py"
+python ${VIRTUAL_ENV_LOCATION} ${NAME}
+cd ${NAME}
+source bin/activate
+mkdir src/
+cd src/
+$CHECKOUT $1 ${NAME}
+cd ${NAME}
+python setup.py develop