Pipenv chooses wrong project path

[colde]

When creating a new environment with pipenv --python 3, it does not use the current directory as the project home, but instead chooses a directory two directories up from the current working directory, as illustrated here:

 ~/P/mpx-python-api    pwd
/Users/loke/Projects/mpx-python-api
 ~/P/mpx-python-api    pipenv --python 3
Creating a virtualenv for this project…
Using /usr/local/bin/python3 to create virtualenv…
⠋Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/python3
Using base prefix '/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.6.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6'
New python executable in /Users/loke/.virtualenvs/loke-WdDiAoi-/bin/python3.6
Also creating executable in /Users/loke/.virtualenvs/loke-WdDiAoi-/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.

Virtualenv location: /Users/loke/.virtualenvs/loke-WdDiAoi-
 ~/P/mpx-python-api    pipenv --where                                                                       (4s 524ms)
/Users/loke
 ~/P/mpx-python-api   

Describe your environment

1. OS Type
   macOS High Sierra
2. Python version: $ python -V
   Python 2.7.14 (default)
   Python 3.6.3 (python3)
3. Pipenv version: $ pipenv --version
   pipenv, version 8.3.2 (installed via brew)

Expected result

I expected a virtualenv be created for the path /Users/loke/Projects/mpx-python-api

Actual result

A virtualenv was created for /Users/loke

Steps to replicate

Simply create the virtualenv with pipenv

[mtt2p]

remove the Pipfile from your home directory like
mv ~/Pipfile* /tmp

[erinxocon]

Hi @colde, do you have a pipfile anywhere above that folder in your directory structure. Pipenv will search up through the directory tree for a pipfile and use that as the project root. If you remove it, you should be able to create a venv for that directory. If this isn't the case let me know!

[dangelsaurus]

Hi @colde, do you have a pipfile anywhere above that folder in your directory structure. Pipenv will search up through the directory tree for a pipfile and use that as the project root. If you remove it, you should be able to create a venv for that directory. If this isn't the case let me know!

but why?

[hess8]

Thanks for the help!

[brennenhuang]

help me a lot, thank you.

[noelmcloughlin]

I had to do this.

 rm $(find ~/ | grep Pipfile)
 rm -fr ~/.local
 pip3 install --user pipenv

[snachman]

remove the Pipfile from your home directory like mv ~/Pipfile* /tmp

THANK YOU!!!! This was it.