Specify dependency version >= for git repository in pyproject.toml-CodePudding

I have a python project with all dependencies and versions managed by pyproject.toml file. One of these dependencies is a git reference:

[project]
name = 'my_package'
version = '1.0.0'
dependencies = [
    'my_dependency @ git https://github.com/some_user/some_repo.git'
]

In order to improve version management after some time I started to use tags to specify exact "version". Like this:

dependencies = [
    'my_dependency @ git https://github.com/some_user/[email protected]'
]

But this is still not enough. Ideally I want something flexible, open for minor or patch version increase. Like this:

dependencies = [
    'my_dependency >= 1.2 @ git https://github.com/some_user/some_repo.git'
]

To be clear: I want pip to look for different versions in the entire repo history and take one's that match the condition. According to semver.

In this particular case with >= 1.2 it should take 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3, 1.157.256 or any other commit with version in pyproject.toml (or at least git tag) greater or equal to 1.2.

Is this possible? Can pip manage versions so well for git repositories?

CodePudding user response：

Unfortunately it's not possible. As specified here https://peps.python.org/pep-0508/ or here https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/requirement-specifiers/, you can't use of version requirements with url based dependencies. Your second approach about using tags is the one you need.