Why in eval "$(pyenv init -)" as indicated in the README.md?

[nyngwang]

You said that these two commands are needed in the README.md:

MacOS, if Pyenv is installed with Homebrew:

echo 'eval "$(pyenv init --path)"' >> ~/.zprofile
echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc

My question is: Why not just:

eval "$(pyenv init --path)" >> ~/.zshrc

and what's the purpose of eval "$(pyenv init -)? It looks like something half-done when seeing -, and I never saw any library/package using both .zshrc and .zprofile. Could you please explain it?

[hitblast]

• The eval command is used to execute arguments like a shell command. eval "$(pyenv init -) is used to execute pyenv at the start of each session inside your terminal.

• When you put the given command inside the .zshrc file, it applies to all interactive shells (such as the terminal inside a VSCode project). On the other hand, .zprofile is used for non-interactive shells.