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Brendan cbcf51391f fix: refresh activation scripts from upstream virtualenv (#15272)
## Summary
This refreshes the venv activation scripts from upstream `virtualenv`
project.
This was largely triggered by a problem in the activate.nu script (for
nushell):
- #14888 
- #14914 
- #14917 

I was careful to respect the git history going back to astral-sh/uv#3376
(the last time this was done).
Actually I looked at the complete history from back when this
`uv-virtualenv` crate was named after a Pokémon (⁉️), but I found
nothing (about activation scripts) from back then that hasn't been
overwritten since.

### Some post-processing was involved

- Retained license info at top of scripts
- Retained template vars (eg `{{ BIN_PATH }}`) to assure current support
toward relocatable venv
- Retained deviation from upstream in astral-sh/uv#5640. This seems to
be the only deviation that isn't in sync with upstream.

### Notable changes from upstream

- (omitted due to undesirable complexity) pypa/virtualenv#2928 and its
follow-up pypa/virtualenv#2940
- pypa/virtualenv#2910 (what prompted astral-sh/uv#14917 from
astral-sh/uv#14888)

## Test Plan

There was a request in #14917 to add unit tests to detect breakage or
errors.
I have added a CI job that runs the nushell activation script.
But I think it is better to have the CI test all/most supported shells.
See also #15294 

I have tested this locally using

- [x] nushell (v0.106.1)
- [x] cmd.exe (Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26100.4946])
- [x] bash in WSL (GNU bash, version 5.1.16(1)-release
(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu))
- [x] pwsh (PSVersion 5.1.26100.4768)
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# uv-virtualenv
`uv-virtualenv` is a rust library to create Python virtual environments. It also has a CLI.
## Syncing with upstream virtualenv activation scripts
This crate tries to stay in sync with pypa/virtualenv project's activation scrips. However, there
are some deviations that are specific to this crate's implementation.
### License disclaimers added
This crate includes license information at the top of each activation script. This is done in
accordance with the pypa/virtualenv project's MIT License. Do not remove the declarative license
comments from this crate's activation scripts.
### Placeholder names are slightly different
Note, these activation scripts are actually templates that are populated with certain values when a
virtual environment is created.
In upstream, the placeholder names are found in
[`virtualenv.activation.ViaTemplateActivator.replacements()`][upstream-placeholders].
In this crate, the placeholder names are found in
[`uv_virtualenv::virtualenv::create()`][crate-placeholders]
[upstream-placeholders]:
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/blob/dad9369e97f5aef7e33777b18dcdb51b1fdac7bd/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py#L43
[crate-placeholders]:
https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/d8f3f03198308be53de51a3a297c85566eabb084/crates/uv-virtualenv/src/virtualenv.rs#L462
It is important that the placeholder names (as used in the activation scripts) conform to the
placeholders names used in [this crate's source][crate-placeholders].
### Relocatable virtual environments
This crate uses some additional tweaks in the activation scripts to ensure the virtual environment
is relocatable. Thus, the patch in [astral-sh/uv#5640] shall be retained.
[astral-sh/uv#5640]: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/5640
### TCL/TK library locations
The patches in upstream virtualenv ([pypa/virtualenv#2928] and [pypa/virtualenv#2940]) implement
dynamically locating the TCL/TK libraries of a base Python distribution (see [upstream
approach][upstream-tcl/tk-approach]).
[pypa/virtualenv#2928]: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/2928
[pypa/virtualenv#2940]: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/2940
[upstream-tcl/tk-approach]:
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/blob/dad9369e97f5aef7e33777b18dcdb51b1fdac7bd/src/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py#L140
This upstream implementation is considered an undesirable complexity in this project. As such, the
upstream TCL/TK related patches shall be omitted when syncing activation scripts with upstream
sources.