venv-patcher reset

Revert all patches applied in the current environment.

venv-patcher reset [-p <package> ...]

What it does

For each package in the manifest:

  1. End a git am that stopped half way, if there is one.

  2. git reset --hard to its initial commit.

  3. git clean -fd, to remove files that patches added.

  4. Empty its patch list in the manifest.

The package is then as it was installed.

Options

Option

Meaning

-p, --package <package>

only reset this package. Give it more than once for more packages

Examples

venv-patcher reset
venv-patcher reset -p requests
venv-patcher reset -p requests -p urllib3

reset idna to initial state (0918fb5d)

Notes

  • The git repository in the package folder stays. So does the initial commit in the manifest. The next apply uses them again.

  • A package with no initial commit yet is skipped. This happens when its first apply failed before git init.

  • A package whose folder is gone gets a warning and is skipped.

  • A -p name that is not in the manifest does nothing.

  • With an empty manifest, reset prints No patches to reset.

A package that changed

If the files differ from the last commit, someone else changed them, for example pip during an upgrade. Then a hard reset would put back old files. So reset keeps the installed files instead. It drops the git history and the patch list:

warning: requests changed since venv-patcher patched it; kept the installed files

See Upgrade a patched package.

See also