Pipfile __link__ -

A Pipfile uses TOML (Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language) format, which is designed to be both human-readable and machine-parseable. Here's what a typical Pipfile looks like:

: When you run pip freeze , you get a flat list of everything installed. You cannot tell which packages you directly asked for ( Django ) versus which were pulled in as dependencies ( asgiref , sqlparse ). The Pipfile explicitly tracks your direct dependencies, while the lock file handles the graph. Pipfile

: Pipfile works alongside Pipfile.lock . While the Pipfile lists top-level dependencies, the lock file freezes the exact version of every sub-dependency, ensuring that pipenv install produces identical environments on every machine. A Pipfile uses TOML (Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language)

[packages] requests = ">=2.22.0" flask = "*" sentry-sdk = version = ">=1.0.0", extras = ["flask"] my-private-package = git = "https://github.com/myorg/private.git", ref = "main" [packages] requests = ">=2

To use a Pipfile effectively, you typically interact with it through Pipenv commands : Pipenv Quick Start Guide

[packages] requests = editable = true, ref = "main", git = "https://github.com/requests/requests.git"