added feature to confirm dependencies of uninstalling packages

news/4245.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+added confirming dependencies to ``uninstall`` command.

pip/commands/uninstall.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from pip.basecommand import Command
 from pip.exceptions import InstallationError
 from pip.req import InstallRequirement, parse_requirements
+from pip.utils import get_installed_distributions, confirm_dependencies
 
 
 class UninstallCommand(Command):
@@ -63,7 +64,11 @@ def run(self, options, args):
                     'You must give at least one requirement to %(name)s (see '
                     '"pip help %(name)s")' % dict(name=self.name)
                 )
+            installed_packages = get_installed_distributions()
             for req in reqs_to_uninstall.values():
+                if not (options.yes or
+                        confirm_dependencies(req, installed_packages)):
+                    continue
                 req.uninstall(
                     auto_confirm=options.yes, verbose=options.verbose != 0
                 )

pip/utils/__init__.py

@@ -862,3 +862,17 @@ def enum(*sequential, **named):
     reverse = dict((value, key) for key, value in enums.items())
     enums['reverse_mapping'] = reverse
     return type('Enum', (), enums)
+
+
+def confirm_dependencies(req, installed_packages):
+        dep_keys = set()
+        for dist in installed_packages:
+            dep_keys.update(
+                [dist for d in dist.requires() if d.key == req.req.name])
+        if not dep_keys:
+            return True
+        logger.info("%s is depended from:" % req.req)
+        for dep in dep_keys:
+            logger.info(dep)
+        response = ask('Proceed (y/n)? ', ('y', 'n'))
+        return response == 'y'

tests/unit/test_utils.py

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 from pip.utils.hashes import Hashes, MissingHashes
 from pip.utils.packaging import check_dist_requires_python
 from pip.utils.temp_dir import TempDirectory
+from pip._vendor.six import BytesIO
+from pip._vendor.packaging.requirements import Requirement
+from pip.req.req_install import InstallRequirement
 
 
 class Tests_EgglinkPath:
@@ -592,3 +595,35 @@ def test_check_requires(self, metadata, should_raise):
                 check_dist_requires_python(fake_dist)
         else:
             check_dist_requires_python(fake_dist)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "installed_requires,confirm_answer",
+    [
+        ((), None),
+        (("dummy",), 'y'),
+        pytest.mark.xfail((("dummy",), 'n')),
+    ],
+)
+def test_confirm_dependencies(installed_requires, confirm_answer):
+    from pip.commands.uninstall import confirm_dependencies
+    with patch('pip.utils.ask') as mock_ask:
+        mock_ask.return_value = confirm_answer
+
+        class req(Requirement):
+            def __init__(self, key):
+                self.key = key
+
+        class installed(object):
+
+            def __init__(self, requires):
+                self._requires = [req(r) for r in requires]
+
+            def requires(self):
+                return self._requires
+
+        requirement = InstallRequirement(Requirement("dummy"), None)
+        installed_packages = [installed(installed_requires)]
+        assert confirm_dependencies(requirement, installed_packages)
+        if confirm_answer:
+            mock_ask.assert_called_with('Proceed (y/n)? ', ('y', 'n'))