uv/crates/uv-build-frontend
John Mumm 2df06ebfbc Require uv venv --clear before removing an existing directory (#14309)
By default, `uv venv <venv-name>` currently removes the `<venv-name`>
directory if it exists. This can be surprising behavior: not everyone
expects an existing environment to be overwritten. This PR updates the
default to fail if a non-empty `<venv-name>` directory already exists
and neither `--allow-existing` nor the new `-c/--clear` option is
provided (if a TTY is detected, it prompts first). If it's not a TTY,
then uv will only warn and not fail for now — we'll make this an error
in the future. I've also added a corresponding `UV_VENV_CLEAR` env var.

I've chosen to use `--clear` instead of `--force` for this option
because it is used by the `venv` module and `virtualenv` and will be
familiar to users. I also think its meaning is clearer in this context
than `--force` (which could plausibly mean force overwrite just the
virtual environment files, which is what our current `--allow-existing`
option does).

Closes #1472.

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Co-authored-by: Zanie Blue <contact@zanie.dev>
2025-07-17 17:20:21 -05:00
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src Require uv venv --clear before removing an existing directory (#14309) 2025-07-17 17:20:21 -05:00
.gitignore Rename uv-build to uv-build-frontend (#7688) 2024-09-25 14:17:54 -04:00
Cargo.toml Lock the source tree when running setuptools, to protect concurrent builds 2025-06-26 12:28:15 -07:00