Clear environment before running pip install (#12)

Author: connesy

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/SallingGroup-AI-and-ML/venv-cli/tree/develop)
 
+### Minor changes
+* `venv install` now runs `venv clear` before installation. This ensures that the enrivonment doesn't end up with orphaned packages after making changes to `requirements.txt`. [#9](https://github.com/SallingGroup-AI-and-ML/venv-cli/issues/9)
+
 ## [v1.3.0](https://github.com/SallingGroup-AI-and-ML/venv-cli/releases/tag/v1.3.0) (2023-10-30)
 
 ## Major changes

src/venv-cli/venv.sh

@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ venv::install() {
   if venv::_check_if_help_requested "$1"; then
     echo "venv install [<requirements file>] [--skip-lock] [<install args>]"
     echo
-    echo "Install requirements from <requirements file>, like 'requirements.txt'"
-    echo "or 'requirements.lock'."
+    echo "Clear the environment, then install requirements from <requirements file>,"
+    echo "like 'requirements.txt' or 'requirements.lock'."
     echo "Installed packages are then locked into the corresponding .lock-file,"
     echo "e.g. 'venv install requirements.txt' will lock packages into 'requirements.lock'."
     echo "This step is skipped if '--skip-lock' is specified, or when installing"
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ venv::install() {
     shift
   fi
 
+  # Clear the environment before running pip install to avoid orphaned packages
+  # https://github.com/SallingGroup-AI-and-ML/venv-cli/issues/9
+  venv::clear
+
   venv::color_echo "${_green}" "Installing requirements from ${requirements_file}"
   if ! pip install --require-virtualenv --use-pep517 -r "${requirements_file}" "$@"; then
     return "${_fail}"