[issue46326] 'venv --clear' should prompt user before nuking entire directory

2022-01-11 Thread Ali Mohammad Pur
Change by Ali Mohammad Pur : -- title: 'virtualenv --clear' should prompt user before nuking entire directory -> 'venv --clear' should prompt user before nuking entire directory ___ Python tracker <https://

[issue46326] 'virtualenv --clear' should prompt user before nuking entire directory

2022-01-11 Thread Ali Mohammad Pur
Ali Mohammad Pur added the comment: > If similar behavior is also an issue with the Python standard library venv > module (which is a derivative of virtualenv), please update this issue > accordingly Yes, my bad, I should have mentioned that this applies to venv, I will update

[issue46326] 'virtualenv --clear' should prompt user before nuking entire directory

2022-01-10 Thread Ali Mohammad Pur
New submission from Ali Mohammad Pur : `virtualenv --clear` is extremely eager to delete the passed directory without any sort of confirmation, leading to possible data-loss (e.g. with a mistyped command, or a misunderstanding of what it actually does). Simply deleting an entire directory tree