Pipenv: Hard to uninstall local editable package

[sersorrel]

pipenv install -e . puts the following line in Pipfile:

"e1839a8" = {path = ".", editable = true}

which makes uninstalling the package hard – pipenv uninstall . doesn't work ("no package . to remove from Pipfile"), and pipenv uninstall e1839a8 doesn't actually uninstall the package (it removes it from Pipfile, but pip list still shows it as installed).

$ python -m pipenv.help output

Pipenv version: '11.9.0'

Pipenv location: '/home/josh/.local/venvs/pipenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pipenv'

Python location: '/home/josh/.local/venvs/pipenv/bin/python'

Other Python installations in PATH:

• 2.7: /usr/bin/python2.7
• 2.7: /usr/bin/python2.7
• 3.5: /usr/bin/python3.5m
• 3.5: /usr/bin/python3.5
• 3.6: /home/josh/old_some/.venv/bin/python3.6m
• 3.6: /home/josh/old_some/.venv/bin/python3.6

• 3.6: /usr/bin/python3.6

• 3.6.3: /home/josh/old_some/.venv/bin/python

• 2.7.12: /usr/bin/python
• 2.7.12: /usr/bin/python2
• 3.6.3: /home/josh/old_some/.venv/bin/python3
• 3.5.2: /usr/bin/python3

PEP 508 Information:

{'implementation_name': 'cpython',
 'implementation_version': '3.6.3',
 'os_name': 'posix',
 'platform_machine': 'x86_64',
 'platform_python_implementation': 'CPython',
 'platform_release': '4.13.0-38-generic',
 'platform_system': 'Linux',
 'platform_version': '#43~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 14 17:48:43 UTC 2018',
 'python_full_version': '3.6.3',
 'python_version': '3.6',
 'sys_platform': 'linux'}

System environment variables:

• CLUTTER_IM_MODULE
• PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT
• PYTHONUNBUFFERED
• NVM_DIR
• LS_COLORS
• GNOME_KEYRING_PID
• GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES
• XDG_CONFIG_HOME
• LESSCLOSE
• LANG
• GDM_LANG
• LESS
• DISPLAY
• PYENV_ROOT
• OLDPWD
• WORKON_HOME
• EDITOR
• COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE
• GTK2_MODULES
• GPG_TTY
• UPSTART_INSTANCE
• PIPENV_SHELL_FANCY
• DEBFULLNAME
• XDG_VTNR
• RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH
• SSH_AUTH_SOCK
• VIRTUAL_ENV
• MANDATORY_PATH
• SESSIONTYPE
• TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH
• XDG_SESSION_ID
• XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR
• USER
• DESKTOP_SESSION
• JOB
• QT4_IM_MODULE
• GOPATH
• PIP_PYTHON_PATH
• DEFAULTS_PATH
• QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME
• PWD
• MANPAGER
• HOME
• GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE
• SSH_AGENT_PID
• QT_ACCESSIBILITY
• TMUX
• XDG_SESSION_TYPE
• XDG_DATA_DIRS
• UPSTART_SESSION
• PIPENV_ACTIVE
• XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP
• GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM
• GTK_MODULES
• UPSTART_EVENTS
• VISUAL
• VTE_VERSION
• TERM
• SHELL
• GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL
• XDG_SEAT_PATH
• QT_IM_MODULE
• XMODIFIERS
• IM_CONFIG_PHASE
• GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE
• INSTANCE
• XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
• GPG_AGENT_INFO
• QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON
• TMUX_VERSION
• TMUX_PANE
• PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
• XDG_SEAT
• SHLVL
• LANGUAGE
• WINDOWID
• DEBEMAIL
• GDMSESSION
• GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
• XDG_CACHE_HOME
• LOGNAME
• DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
• UPSTART_JOB
• XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
• XAUTHORITY
• XDG_DATA_HOME
• XDG_SESSION_PATH
• XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
• PATH
• LESSOPEN
• GTK_IM_MODULE
• _

Pipenv–specific environment variables:

• PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT: 1
• PIPENV_SHELL_FANCY: 1
• PIPENV_ACTIVE: 1

Debug–specific environment variables:

• PATH: /home/josh/old_some/.venv/bin:/home/josh/go/bin:/home/josh/.pyenv/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/josh/.cargo/bin:/home/josh/.cabal/bin:/home/josh/bin:/home/josh/.local/bin
• SHELL: /bin/bash
• EDITOR: vim
• LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
• PWD: /home/josh/old_some
• VIRTUAL_ENV: /home/josh/old_some/.venv

---

Contents of Pipfile ('/home/josh/old_some/Pipfile'):

[[source]]
url = "https://pypi.python.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true
name = "pypi"

[packages]
"e1839a8" = {path = ".", editable = true}

[dev-packages]
mypy = "*"
"flake8" = "*"
twine = "*"
check-manifest = "*"
pyroma = "*"
"flake8-bugbear" = "*"

[requires]
python_version = "3.6"

Contents of Pipfile.lock ('/home/josh/old_some/Pipfile.lock'):

{
    "_meta": {
        "hash": {
            "sha256": "8a94a0e4791bcdf8b19c0eacc0e41e9c10acbdb973390a994b5c21cfca0bfb7c"
        },
        "pipfile-spec": 6,
        "requires": {
            "python_version": "3.6"
        },
        "sources": [
            {
                "name": "pypi",
                "url": "https://pypi.python.org/simple",
                "verify_ssl": true
            }
        ]
    },
    "default": {
        "e1839a8": {
            "editable": true,
            "path": "."
        }
    },
    "develop": {
        "attrs": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:1c7960ccfd6a005cd9f7ba884e6316b5e430a3f1a6c37c5f87d8b43f83b54ec9",
                "sha256:a17a9573a6f475c99b551c0e0a812707ddda1ec9653bed04c13841404ed6f450"
            ],
            "version": "==17.4.0"
        },
        "certifi": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:14131608ad2fd56836d33a71ee60fa1c82bc9d2c8d98b7bdbc631fe1b3cd1296",
                "sha256:edbc3f203427eef571f79a7692bb160a2b0f7ccaa31953e99bd17e307cf63f7d"
            ],
            "version": "==2018.1.18"
        },
        "chardet": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:84ab92ed1c4d4f16916e05906b6b75a6c0fb5db821cc65e70cbd64a3e2a5eaae",
                "sha256:fc323ffcaeaed0e0a02bf4d117757b98aed530d9ed4531e3e15460124c106691"
            ],
            "version": "==3.0.4"
        },
        "check-manifest": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:2bb906a736a0f026cc5fd6c0dab5a481793b3d7a7d70106cca6e238da5f52d84",
                "sha256:c02fff2686a24bc48f625723c9d20d6866045c734300abe3d5564edb652192bc"
            ],
            "index": "pypi",
            "version": "==0.36"
        },
        "docutils": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:02aec4bd92ab067f6ff27a38a38a41173bf01bed8f89157768c1573f53e474a6",
                "sha256:51e64ef2ebfb29cae1faa133b3710143496eca21c530f3f71424d77687764274",
                "sha256:7a4bd47eaf6596e1295ecb11361139febe29b084a87bf005bf899f9a42edc3c6"
            ],
            "version": "==0.14"
        },
        "flake8": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:7253265f7abd8b313e3892944044a365e3f4ac3fcdcfb4298f55ee9ddf188ba0",
                "sha256:c7841163e2b576d435799169b78703ad6ac1bbb0f199994fc05f700b2a90ea37"
            ],
            "index": "pypi",
            "version": "==3.5.0"
        },
        "flake8-bugbear": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:541746f0f3b2f1a8d7278e1d2d218df298996b60b02677708560db7c7e620e3b",
                "sha256:5f14a99d458e29cb92be9079c970030e0dd398b2decb179d76d39a5266ea1578"
            ],
            "index": "pypi",
            "version": "==18.2.0"
        },
        "idna": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:2c6a5de3089009e3da7c5dde64a141dbc8551d5b7f6cf4ed7c2568d0cc520a8f",
                "sha256:8c7309c718f94b3a625cb648ace320157ad16ff131ae0af362c9f21b80ef6ec4"
            ],
            "version": "==2.6"
        },
        "mccabe": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:ab8a6258860da4b6677da4bd2fe5dc2c659cff31b3ee4f7f5d64e79735b80d42",
                "sha256:dd8d182285a0fe56bace7f45b5e7d1a6ebcbf524e8f3bd87eb0f125271b8831f"
            ],
            "version": "==0.6.1"
        },
        "mypy": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:3bd95a1369810f7693366911d85be9f0a0bd994f6cb7162b7a994e5ded90e3d9",
                "sha256:7247f9948d7cdaae9408a4ee1662a01853c24e668117b4419acf025b05fbe3ce"
            ],
            "index": "pypi",
            "version": "==0.580"
        },
        "pkginfo": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:5878d542a4b3f237e359926384f1dde4e099c9f5525d236b1840cf704fa8d474",
                "sha256:a39076cb3eb34c333a0dd390b568e9e1e881c7bf2cc0aee12120636816f55aee"
            ],
            "version": "==1.4.2"
        },
        "pycodestyle": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:682256a5b318149ca0d2a9185d365d8864a768a28db66a84a2ea946bcc426766",
                "sha256:6c4245ade1edfad79c3446fadfc96b0de2759662dc29d07d80a6f27ad1ca6ba9"
            ],
            "version": "==2.3.1"
        },
        "pyflakes": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:08bd6a50edf8cffa9fa09a463063c425ecaaf10d1eb0335a7e8b1401aef89e6f",
                "sha256:8d616a382f243dbf19b54743f280b80198be0bca3a5396f1d2e1fca6223e8805"
            ],
            "version": "==1.6.0"
        },
        "pyroma": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:fd00280a737f99094aed0b9d6b52456f53ca28803a7c5fb05055a6a071ae9659"
            ],
            "index": "pypi",
            "version": "==2.3"
        },
        "requests": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:6a1b267aa90cac58ac3a765d067950e7dbbf75b1da07e895d1f594193a40a38b",
                "sha256:9c443e7324ba5b85070c4a818ade28bfabedf16ea10206da1132edaa6dda237e"
            ],
            "version": "==2.18.4"
        },
        "requests-toolbelt": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:42c9c170abc2cacb78b8ab23ac957945c7716249206f90874651971a4acff237",
                "sha256:f6a531936c6fa4c6cfce1b9c10d5c4f498d16528d2a54a22ca00011205a187b5"
            ],
            "version": "==0.8.0"
        },
        "tqdm": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:4f2eb1d14804caf7095500fe11da0e481a47af912e7b57c93f886ac3c40a49dd",
                "sha256:91ac47ec2ba6bb92b7ba37706f4dea37019ddd784b22fd279a4b12d93327191d"
            ],
            "version": "==4.20.0"
        },
        "twine": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:08eb132bbaec40c6d25b358f546ec1dc96ebd2638a86eea68769d9e67fe2b129",
                "sha256:2fd9a4d9ff0bcacf41fdc40c8cb0cfaef1f1859457c9653fd1b92237cc4e9f25"
            ],
            "index": "pypi",
            "version": "==1.11.0"
        },
        "typed-ast": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:0948004fa228ae071054f5208840a1e88747a357ec1101c17217bfe99b299d58",
                "sha256:25d8feefe27eb0303b73545416b13d108c6067b846b543738a25ff304824ed9a",
                "sha256:29464a177d56e4e055b5f7b629935af7f49c196be47528cc94e0a7bf83fbc2b9",
                "sha256:2e214b72168ea0275efd6c884b114ab42e316de3ffa125b267e732ed2abda892",
                "sha256:3e0d5e48e3a23e9a4d1a9f698e32a542a4a288c871d33ed8df1b092a40f3a0f9",
                "sha256:519425deca5c2b2bdac49f77b2c5625781abbaf9a809d727d3a5596b30bb4ded",
                "sha256:57fe287f0cdd9ceaf69e7b71a2e94a24b5d268b35df251a88fef5cc241bf73aa",
                "sha256:668d0cec391d9aed1c6a388b0d5b97cd22e6073eaa5fbaa6d2946603b4871efe",
                "sha256:68ba70684990f59497680ff90d18e756a47bf4863c604098f10de9716b2c0bdd",
                "sha256:6de012d2b166fe7a4cdf505eee3aaa12192f7ba365beeefaca4ec10e31241a85",
                "sha256:79b91ebe5a28d349b6d0d323023350133e927b4de5b651a8aa2db69c761420c6",
                "sha256:8550177fa5d4c1f09b5e5f524411c44633c80ec69b24e0e98906dd761941ca46",
                "sha256:a8034021801bc0440f2e027c354b4eafd95891b573e12ff0418dec385c76785c",
                "sha256:bc978ac17468fe868ee589c795d06777f75496b1ed576d308002c8a5756fb9ea",
                "sha256:c05b41bc1deade9f90ddc5d988fe506208019ebba9f2578c622516fd201f5863",
                "sha256:c9b060bd1e5a26ab6e8267fd46fc9e02b54eb15fffb16d112d4c7b1c12987559",
                "sha256:edb04bdd45bfd76c8292c4d9654568efaedf76fe78eb246dde69bdb13b2dad87",
                "sha256:f19f2a4f547505fe9072e15f6f4ae714af51b5a681a97f187971f50c283193b6"
            ],
            "version": "==1.1.0"
        },
        "urllib3": {
            "hashes": [
                "sha256:06330f386d6e4b195fbfc736b297f58c5a892e4440e54d294d7004e3a9bbea1b",
                "sha256:cc44da8e1145637334317feebd728bd869a35285b93cbb4cca2577da7e62db4f"
            ],
            "version": "==1.22"
        }
    }
}

---

Expected result

Ideally, Pipenv would put the package's name in Pipfile, so it can be uninstalled properly with minimal pain. If that's not possible, would "." work?

Actual result

The name of the package is listed as e1839a8 – the last 7 hex digits of the SHA-256 hash of . – which is essentially meaningless.

Steps to replicate

pipenv install -e .
pipenv uninstall .  # doesn't work
pipenv update .  # doesn't work

[techalchemy]

This seems very reasonable.

[davilima6]

Related to pypa/pipfile#93

[uranusjr]

Does this also apply to VCS and local archive installations? IIRC they use the hash naming as well. The solution might be to peek into the metadata (running egg_info?) to find the “real” package name.

[techalchemy]

In general the current release is bugged in its handling of local vcs repositories. If you install an editable filesystem path as a relative path that is how we should lock it, it should only lock as a vcs repository if you explicitly pass a file uri or possibly an abspath (needs more thought there so I’ll default to no).

But in general you’re going to have to specify an egg fragment for a uri so this shouldn’t be an issue there

[uranusjr]

The meaningless hash problem is fixed in sarugaku/requirementslib#3 🎉

[uranusjr]

We can probably in the future also allow uninstallation through relative path, but that would be very low-priority. Anyone willing to work on this can still do :)