Clarify --target behavior with --upgrade#13807
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I'd like other maintainers' views here as well, before we merge - we're making it "official" that using |
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Thanks! This is intended as a documentation/help clarification only (no behavioral change). I’m happy to tweak wording if maintainers would prefer framing it as “not reliably supported” rather than “unsupported”. |
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See also recent related pr #13766 |
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Thanks — I’ve taken a look at #13766. Happy to align wording between the CLI help and docs/examples so the --target guidance is consistent (especially around empty dirs / --upgrade expectations). |
This updates the help text for
pip install --targetto clarify that it is intended for use with an empty directory, and that--upgradedoes not reliably uninstall or replace packages already present in the target directory.Closes #13763
Related: #9605, #11366