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Expand Up @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ See :pep:`405` for more background on Python virtual environments.
Creating virtual environments
-----------------------------

.. program:: venv

:ref:`Virtual environments <venv-def>` are created by executing the ``venv``
module:

Expand All @@ -81,21 +83,6 @@ It also creates a :file:`lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages` subdirectory
(on Windows, this is :file:`Lib\site-packages`).
If an existing directory is specified, it will be re-used.

.. versionchanged:: 3.5
The use of ``venv`` is now recommended for creating virtual environments.

.. deprecated-removed:: 3.6 3.8
:program:`pyvenv` was the recommended tool for creating virtual environments
for Python 3.3 and 3.4, and replaced in 3.5 by executing ``venv`` directly.

.. highlight:: none

On Windows, invoke the ``venv`` command as follows:

.. code-block:: ps1con

PS> python -m venv C:\path\to\new\virtual\environment

The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::

usage: venv [-h] [--system-site-packages] [--symlinks | --copies] [--clear]
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@Mr-Sunglasses I understood that the problem is that there is duplicate information about venv cli (you didn't replace it, you just added a new one, check these lines and below)

could you remove it leaving only the use of .. option:: directives?

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could you remove it leaving only the use of .. option:: directives?

There should IMO be something that shows how to invoke it, e.g. python -m venv [options] [VENV_DIR ...] appropriately marked up to be as prominent/compatibly styled to the option directive rendering.

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You are absolutely right. I forgot about it.

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In this case, I suggest shortening the help. Currently it's as follows:

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Instead I suggest we only keep

usage: venv [-h] [--system-site-packages] [--symlinks | --copies] [--clear]
            [--upgrade] [--without-pip] [--prompt PROMPT] [--upgrade-deps]
            [--without-scm-ignore-files]
            ENV_DIR [ENV_DIR ...]

Creates virtual Python environments in one or more target directories.
...
Once an environment has been created, you may wish to activate it, e.g. by
sourcing an activate script in its bin directory.

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and maybe it would be better to remove following text from code block:

Creates virtual Python environments in one or more target directories.
...
Once an environment has been created, you may wish to activate it, e.g. by
sourcing an activate script in its bin directory.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -135,6 +122,42 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
Once an environment has been created, you may wish to activate it, e.g. by
sourcing an activate script in its bin directory.

.. option:: --system-site-packages

Give the virtual environment access to the system site-packages directory.

.. option:: --symlinks

Try to use symlinks rather than copies, when symlinks are not the default for the platform.

.. option:: --copies

Try to use copies rather than symlinks, even when symlinks are the default for the platform.

.. option:: --clear

Delete the contents of the environment directory if it already exists, before environment creation.

.. option:: --upgrade

Upgrade the environment directory to use this version of Python, assuming Python has been upgraded in-place.

.. option:: --without-pip

Skips installing or upgrading pip in the virtual environment (pip is bootstrapped by default).

.. option:: --prompt <PROMPT>

Provides an alternative prompt prefix for this environment.

.. option:: --upgrade-deps

Upgrade core dependencies (pip) to the latest version in PyPI.

.. option:: --without-scm-ignore-files

Skips adding SCM ignore files to the environment directory (Git is supported by default).


.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Installs pip by default, added the ``--without-pip`` and ``--copies``
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