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poetry init — Create a basic `pyproject.toml` file interactively. More information: <https://python-poetry.org/doc

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Problem

How to use the poetry init command: Create a basic pyproject.toml file interactively. More information: <https://python-poetry.org/docs/cli/#init>.

Solution

poetry init — Create a basic pyproject.toml file interactively. More information: <https://python-poetry.org/docs/cli/#init>.

Create a pyproject.toml file interactively:

poetry init

Create a pyproject.toml file with prefilled values:

poetry init --name {{package_name}} --author "{{author_name <email@example.com>}}"

Create a pyproject.toml file without interaction (using defaults):

poetry init {{[-n|--no-interaction]}}

Create a pyproject.toml file and add a dependency:

poetry init --dependency {{package_name}}

Create a pyproject.toml file and add a development dependency:

poetry init --dev-dependency {{package_name}}

Display help:

poetry init {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Create a `pyproject.toml` file interactively

poetry init

Create a `pyproject.toml` file with prefilled values

poetry init --name {{package_name}} --author "{{author_name <email@example.com>}}"

Create a `pyproject.toml` file without interaction (using defaults)

poetry init {{[-n|--no-interaction]}}

Create a `pyproject.toml` file and add a dependency

poetry init --dependency {{package_name}}

Create a `pyproject.toml` file and add a development dependency

poetry init --dev-dependency {{package_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/poetry init

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