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# flox activate allow

## NAME

flox-activate-allow - allow auto-activation for an environment

## SYNOPSIS

```text theme={null}
flox [<general-options>] activate allow
     [-d=<path>]
```

## DESCRIPTION

> **Experimental:** Auto-activation is experimental and behind a feature
> flag, and its behavior is subject to change. Enable it by setting
> `FLOX_FEATURES_AUTO_ACTIVATE=true` in your environment, or by running
> `flox config --set features.auto_activate true`. See the
> *AUTO-ACTIVATION* section of *flox-activate(1)* for details.

Permits the selected environment to be auto-activated.

Once an environment is allowed, the Flox prompt hook activates it
automatically whenever you enter a directory containing it, without
prompting (and deactivates it when you leave). The preference is stored
in the user config file under `auto_activate_environments`, keyed by the
absolute path of the directory that contains the `.flox` directory.

By default `flox activate allow` targets the environment in the current
directory. Use `--dir` to target an environment in another directory.

To stop an environment from being auto-activated, run
[`flox-activate-deny`](/man/flox-activate-deny).

See the *AUTO-ACTIVATION* section of
[`flox-activate`](/man/flox-activate) for the full picture, including
the consent prompt and how to enable the feature.

## OPTIONS

`-d`, `--dir`\
Path containing a .flox/ directory (defaults to the current directory).

### General Options

`-h`, `--help`\
Prints help information.

The following options can be passed when running any `flox` subcommand
but must be specified *before* the subcommand.

`-v`, `--verbose`\
Increase logging verbosity. Invoke multiple times for increasing detail.

`-q`, `--quiet`\
Silence logs except for errors.

## EXAMPLES

Allow auto-activation for the environment in the current directory:

```bash theme={null}
flox activate allow
```

Allow auto-activation for an environment in another directory:

```bash theme={null}
flox activate allow -d /path/to/project
```

## SEE ALSO

[`flox-activate`](/man/flox-activate),
[`flox-activate-deny`](/man/flox-activate-deny),
[`flox-config`](/man/flox-config)