Add new "pip-search" command

[E3V3A]

As it is, pip search <dog> just sucks.

Because it doesn't:

• sort the result list
• column align the "version" string
• show last upload date
• show last (repo) commit time, if available.
• truncate "summary" to fit screen

We add a new pip-search command as an artificial quasi-wrapper to "pip search".

❗ NO ETA... as I'm tired of 2020

[E3V3A]

I now have a nice search command! - Coming soon! 👍

[E3V3A]

Then there is the awesome Powershell pip search hack from our colleagues at pip_search from their PR #15 from here.

Add the following to your $PROFILE:

Function PipSearchProxy() {
	param(
		[string]
		[Parameter(Position=0)]
		$firstArg,
		[string[]]
		[Parameter(Position=1, ValueFromRemainingArguments)]
		$allRemaining)
	if ($firstArg -eq "search") {
		& pip-search @allRemaining
	} else {
		& pip.exe $firstArg @allRemaining
	}
}
Set-Alias -Name pip -Value PipSearchProxy

Which allow you to run it with the classic pip search. (It wraps the args.)

[E3V3A]

For using the same old way of doing pip search <something> in Bash-style shells,
add the following to your .zshrc, .bashrc, .bash_profile:

alias pip='function _pip(){
    if [ $1 = "search" ]; then
        pip_search "$2";
    else pip "$@";
    fi;
};_pip'

or written in a cleaner way:

function _pip_search_proxy(){
    if [ $1 = "search" ]; then
        pip_search "$2";
    else pip "$@";
    fi;
}

alias pip='_pip_search_proxy'