Dependency specification Dependencies for a project can be specified in various forms, which depend on the type of the dependency and on the optional constraints that might be needed for it to be installed. Version constraints Caret requirements Caret requirements allow SemVer compatible updates to a specified version. An update is allowed if the new version number does not modify the left-most non-zero digit in the major, minor, patch grouping. For instance, if we previously ran poetry add requests@^2.

Configuration Poetry can be configured via the config command (see more about its usage here) or directly in the config.toml file that will be automatically created when you first run that command. This file can typically be found in one of the following directories: macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/pypoetry Windows: %APPDATA%\pypoetry For Unix, we follow the XDG spec and support $XDG_CONFIG_HOME. That means, by default ~/.config/pypoetry. Local configuration Poetry also provides the ability to have settings that are specific to a project by passing the --local option to the config command.

Repositories Poetry supports the use of PyPI and private repositories for discovery of packages as well as for publishing your projects. By default, Poetry is configured to use the PyPI repository, for package installation and publishing. So, when you add dependencies to your project, Poetry will assume they are available on PyPI. This represents most cases and will likely be enough for most users. Private Repository Example Installing from private package sources By default, Poetry discovers and installs packages from PyPI.

Dependency specification Dependencies for a project can be specified in various forms, which depend on the type of the dependency and on the optional constraints that might be needed for it to be installed. Version constraints Caret requirements Caret requirements allow SemVer compatible updates to a specified version. An update is allowed if the new version number does not modify the left-most non-zero digit in the major, minor, patch grouping. For instance, if we previously ran poetry add requests@^2.

Contributing to Poetry First off, thanks for taking the time to contribute! The following is a set of guidelines for contributing to Poetry on GitHub. These are mostly guidelines, not rules. Use your best judgement, and feel free to propose changes to this document in a pull request. How to contribute Reporting bugs This section guides you through submitting a bug report for Poetry. Following these guidelines helps maintainers and the community understand your report, reproduce the behavior, and find related reports.

pre-commit hooks pre-commit is a framework for building and running git hooks. See the official documentation for more information: pre-commit.com This document provides a list of available pre-commit hooks provided by Poetry. Note If you specify the args: for a hook in your .pre-commit-config.yaml, the defaults are overwritten. You must fully specify all arguments for your hook if you make use of args:. Note If the pyproject.toml file is not in the root directory, you can specify args: ["-C", ".

Libraries This chapter will tell you how to make your library installable through Poetry. Versioning Poetry requires PEP 440-compliant versions for all projects. While Poetry does not enforce any release convention, it used to encourage the use of semantic versioning within the scope of PEP 440 and supports version constraints that are especially suitable for semver. Note As an example, 1.0.0-hotfix.1 is not compatible with PEP 440. You can instead choose to use 1.

pre-commit hooks pre-commit is a framework for building and running git hooks. See the official documentation for more information: pre-commit.com This document provides a list of available pre-commit hooks provided by Poetry. Note If you specify the args: for a hook in your .pre-commit-config.yaml, the defaults are overwritten. You must fully specify all arguments for your hook if you make use of args:. Note If the pyproject.toml file is not in the root directory, you can specify args: ["-C", ".

FAQ Why is the dependency resolution process slow? While the dependency resolver at the heart of Poetry is highly optimized and should be fast enough for most cases, with certain sets of dependencies it can take time to find a valid solution. This is due to the fact that not all libraries on PyPI have properly declared their metadata and, as such, they are not available via the PyPI JSON API.

Libraries This chapter will tell you how to make your library installable through Poetry. Versioning Poetry requires PEP 440-compliant versions for all projects. While Poetry does not enforce any release convention, it used to encourage the use of semantic versioning within the scope of PEP 440 and supports version constraints that are especially suitable for semver. Note As an example, 1.0.0-hotfix.1 is not compatible with PEP 440. You can instead choose to use 1.