Replace references to uv pip install with uv sync

Author: callumforrester

.github/actions/install_requirements/action.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: Install requirements
-description: Install a version of python then call pip install and report what was installed
+description: Install uv, use it to install dependencies and report what was installed
 inputs:
   python-version:
     description: Python version to install, default is from Dockerfile
     default: "dev"
-  pip-install:
-    description: Parameters to pass to uv pip install
-    default: "$([ -f dev-requirements.txt ] && echo '-c dev-requirements.txt') -e .[dev]"
+  uv-sync:
+    description: Parameters to pass to uv sync
+    default: "--locked --no-dev"
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -28,17 +28,8 @@ runs:
         cache-dependency-glob: "uv.lock"
 
     - name: Install packages
-      run: uv pip install ${{ inputs.pip-install }}
+      run: uv sync ${{ inputs.uv-sync }}
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Report what was installed
-      run: uv pip list
-      shell: bash
-
-    - name: Add venv path to Github environment
-      run: echo "VENV_PATH=.venv" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      shell: bash
-
-    - name: Add venv path to Github Path
-      run: echo "${{ env.VENV_PATH }}/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-      shell: bash
+      run: uv pip freeze

.github/workflows/_dist.yml

@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pipx run twine check --strict dist/*
 
       - name: Install produced wheel
-        uses: ./.github/actions/install_requirements
-        with:
-          pip-install: dist/*.whl
+        run: pipx run pip install dist/*.whl
 
       - name: Test module --version works using the installed wheel
         # If more than one module in src/ replace with module name to test

.github/workflows/_test.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/install_requirements
         with:
           python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
-          pip-install: ".[dev]"
+          uv-sync: "--locked"
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: tox -e tests

template/pyproject.toml.jinja

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ license.file = "LICENSE"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
+[dependency-groups]
 dev = [
     "build",
     "copier",
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ GitHub = "{{ repo_url }}"
 email = "{{ author_email }}"
 name = "{{ author_name }}"
 
-[tool.uv]
-default-groups = []
-
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 version_file = "src/{{ package_name }}/_version.py"
 {% if type_checker=="pyright" %}

tests/test_example.py

@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@ def run_pipe(cmd: str, cwd=None):
 
 def make_venv(project_path: Path) -> callable:
     venv_path = project_path / ".venv"
-    run_pipe(f"uv venv {venv_path}")
     run = functools.partial(run_pipe, cwd=str(project_path))
-    # install to this env (hence the -p)
-    run(f"uv pip install -e .[dev] -p {venv_path}/bin/python")
-    # run("ls -la .venv/bin >&2")
+    run("uv sync")  # Create a lockfile and install packages
+
+    for exe_path in [
+        venv_path / "bin" / "tox",
+        venv_path / "bin" / "python",
+        venv_path / "bin" / "uv",
+    ]:
+        assert exe_path.exists(), f"UV created a venv but did not install {exe_path}"
+
     return run
 
 
@@ -60,8 +65,8 @@ def test_template_defaults(tmp_path: Path):
         # Only run linkcheck if not on a tag, as the CI might not have pushed
         # the docs for this tag yet, so we will fail
         run(".venv/bin/tox -p -e docs -- -b linkcheck")
-    run(".venv/bin/uv pip install build twine")
-    run(".venv/bin/python -m build")
+    run(".venv/bin/uv pip install twine")
+    run(".venv/bin/uv build")
     run(".venv/bin/twine check --strict dist/*")