PIP-CONFIG(1)

🦋 pip-config(1) — the pip config manual, bestie 🦋

💖 NAME 💖

okay so pip-config is literally the description of the pip config command. That's the vibe. It's giving "configure pip without losing your mind." 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Manage local and global configuration. No cap, that's the whole job.

Subcommands, in the cutest little list:

• list — List the active configuration (or from the file specified). 👀
• edit — Edit the configuration file in an editor.
• get — Get the value associated with command.option.
• set — Set the command.option=value.
• unset — Unset the value associated with command.option.
• debug — List the configuration files and values defined under them.

Configuration keys should be dot separated command and option name, with the special prefix global affecting any command. For example, pip config set global.index-url https://example.org/ would configure the index url for all commands, but pip config set download.timeout 10 would configure a 10 second timeout only for pip download commands. iykyk. 🫶

If none of --user, --global and --site are passed, a virtual environment configuration file is used if one is active and the file exists. Otherwise, all modifications happen to the user file by default. That's the default behavior, periodt.

🦋 USAGE 🦋

python -m pip config [<file-option>] list
python -m pip config [<file-option>] [--editor <editor-path>] edit

python -m pip config [<file-option>] get command.option
python -m pip config [<file-option>] set command.option value
python -m pip config [<file-option>] unset command.option
python -m pip config [<file-option>] debug

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --editor <editor> — Editor to use to edit the file. Uses VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables if not provided. (environment variable: PIP_EDITOR) ✍️
• --global — Use the system-wide configuration file only. (environment variable: PIP_GLOBAL) 🌍
• --user — Use the user configuration file only. (environment variable: PIP_USER) 🧍
• --site — Use the current environment configuration file only. (environment variable: PIP_SITE) 🏕️

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

pip developers — the whole squad. 👑

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

The pip developers — yes, the copyright cuties. 🫶

🎀 That's the whole manual, bestie. This page is from pip version 25.1, dated Jun 26, 2025. Now go config your heart out. Mwah. 💅✨