Description
What's the problem this feature will solve?
When using pip, it is not intuitive how to update/upgrade packages and I just forgot how it is done so I wrote pip
in the command line which tells you how to install packages and search for them but not how to update them.
Running pip
to figure out how to update packages it tells you that you can run pip help
for assistance but that shows you the same as when you run pip
.
If you run pip install --help
and read everything it tells you how to update packages but that is quite hidden and it is not intuitive to search for how to update things by running pip install --help
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like a new command for pip to be added which is update
and maybe the alias upgrade
since some people prefer that.
This command would run pip install --upgrade PACKAGE_NAME_HERE
and when you run pip
it would show up as one of the commands in the list of commands.
Alternative Solutions
If this feature is not what pip wants then another solution would be to modify the description of the install
command from Install packages
to Install and update packages
or similar.
Though I do not think this solution is the best solution.
Additional context
I don't have any additional context and since I can not make this feature request without providing any then I would also like to suggest that this feature request form be modified so that the "Additional context" field would be changed from mandatory to optional.
Code of Conduct
- I agree to follow the PSF Code of Conduct.