How do I use pip-tools for managing Python dependencies?

What are pip-tools and how do I use them?

Pip-tools is a set of command-line tools to help you keep your Python dependencies organized. You can use it to compile and manage your requirements files.

How do I install pip-tools?

You can install pip-tools using pip by running the command: pip install pip-tools.

Can you show me how to create a requirements.in file?

Sure! Create a file named requirements.in and list your top-level dependencies there, like this:

requests
flask

How do I generate the requirements.txt file from requirements.in?

You can generate the requirements.txt file by running the command: pip-compile requirements.in. This will resolve and pin all dependencies.