python-poetry / python-poetry/poetry
Configuration option to force use of system site-packages
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Feature Request
We need a way to tell poetry to ignore the currently active virtual environment. I am running into a roadblock trying to automate some of the poetry install operations from python.
As a comparison, pipenv supports it through the PIPENV_IGNORE_VIRTUALENVS environment variable.
The best approach, I think, is a switch like --breakout-of-venv (can't find a good name) to tell poetry to ignore the currently activated environment for any command that needs to deal with the virtual environment (install, add, remove...).
Other ideas:
- It feels like
poetry envis the right candidate for this. Something likepoetry env use --defaultmaybe. But then you always need 2 commands per poetry command if you're using e.g. subprocess.call() to make it work; only useful in a real CLI context. - A
poetry configcould work, but it sounds weird to modify this in order to run a script. - An env variable -only solution like pipenv does is cumbersome and annoying to use, but having the option to do it is useful for CI servers.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how Poetry's install, add, remove, and env commands choose an environment, then compare the requested behavior with PIPENV_IGNORE_VIRTUALENVS. Determine whether the completed change should be a switch, configuration setting, or environment variable, and verify that activated virtual environments are ignored for the affected operations.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100