pipenv install does not create two new files, Pipfile and Pipfile.lock

[ArchTaqi]

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I ran pipenv install into existing django 1.11 project, but it does not create two new files, Pipfile and Pipfile.lock, in project directory. However a new virtual environment is created.

Describe your environment

1. OS Type - Ubuntu 16
2. Python version: $ python3 -V 3.5.2
3. Pipenv version: $ pipenv --version version 9.0.1

Expected result

This should create two new files, Pipfile and Pipfile.lock, in project directory

Actual result

pipenv install 
Creating a virtualenv for this project…
Using /usr/bin/python3.5m to create virtualenv…
⠋Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python3.5m
Using base prefix '/usr'
New python executable in /home/muhammadtaqi/.local/share/virtualenvs/projects-3nzJ4ToY/bin/python3.5m
Also creating executable in /home/muhammadtaqi/.local/share/virtualenvs/projects-3nzJ4ToY/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.

Virtualenv location: /home/muhammadtaqi/.local/share/virtualenvs/projects-3nzJ4ToY                                                                                                           Installing dependencies from Pipfile.lock (b5430f)…
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To activate this project's virtualenv, run the following:
 $ pipenv shell

It creates Pipfiiles in one directory upto the project directory. in /home/muhammadtaqi/project directory

Steps to replicate

Provide the steps to replicate (which usually at least includes the commands and the Pipfile).

1. Clone this https://github.com/muhammadtaqi/django-boilerplate
2. Run pipenv install --three

[tejasbubane]

I am facing the same issue. Running pipenv install <some-package>, neither Pipfile nor Pipfile.lock are getting generated. Using latest pipenv v9.0.3.

Was this issue fixed?

[ArchTaqi]

I'm not sure, but in my case it generated the files one directory up from the project, I manually deleted those files and then again run pipenv install , then it generates in the directory i was running the command.

[tejasbubane]

Thanks. I think I figured out what the issue is. Opened https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/issues/1317

[AlexanderTereshkov]

I'm not sure, but in my case it generated the files one directory up from the project, I manually deleted those files and then again run pipenv install , then it generates in the directory i was running the command.

I've had the same issue. For some reason it created those 2 files in my main directory. After deleting them and running pipenv install, it worked fine.
Thank you for the solution.

[Tarasovych]

In my case both Pipfile and Pipfile.lock were created in home directory inside virtualenv, so I moved them into project directory

[cindywfeng]

In my case, it worked when I changed my pipenv version to an earlier version (was using the latest version 2020.8.13):
pip install pipenv==2018.11.26
After I ran the above, the Pipfile and Pipfile.lock were created in the project directory.