Warn when `venv` target directory already contains an environment

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

When a user runs:

python -m venv myenv

and the directory already contains a virtual environment, Python silently performs no action. This behavior can be confusing, as the user receives no indication that the command had no effect.

I propose that venv should display a simple warning when it detects an existing virtual environment so the user knows the operation didn’t make any changes.

Example of the suggested output:

$ python -m venv myenv
Existing virtual environment found at 'myenv'.
No changes were made.
Use '--clear' to recreate this environment.

This provides clarity while keeping behavior backward-compatible. Users who want to recreate the environment can explicitly use --clear.

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

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Links to previous discussion of this feature:

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Commencez par le point d’entrée python -m venv et comparez son comportement lorsque le répertoire cible contient déjà un environnement. Vérifiez comment l’option --clear existante modifie ce comportement. Le travail est considéré comme terminé lorsqu’un environnement existant produit l’avertissement proposé et indique qu’aucune modification n’a été effectuée, tandis que l’effacement explicite reste disponible.