SciTools · ESadek-MO · Jan 14, 2026 · Nov 28, 2025 · Nov 28, 2025 · Nov 28, 2025
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 .git_archival.txt  export-subst
 cf_units/_udunits2_parser/parser/**/*.py linguist-generated=true
 cf_units/_udunits2_parser/_antlr4_runtime/**/*.py linguist-generated=true
+# SCM syntax highlighting & preventing 3-way merges
+pixi.lock merge=binary linguist-language=YAML linguist-generated=true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-locks.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-locks.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   - https://github.com/actions/checkout
 #   - https://github.com/actions/download-artifact
 #   - https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
-#   - https://github.com/conda-incubator/setup-miniconda
+#   - https://github.com/prefix-dev/setup-pixi
 
 name: ci-locks
 
@@ -18,83 +18,42 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build-locks:
-    name: "Build ${{ matrix.lock }}"
+    name: "Build locks"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -l {0}
     env:
-      ENV_NAME: "ci-locks"
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        lock: [py310-lock, py311-lock, py312-lock, py313-lock]
+      SHELLOPTS: "errexit:pipefail"
+      NAME: "cf-units-py313"
     steps:
     - name: "Checkout"
       uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-    - name: "Environment configure"
-      env:
-        # Maximum cache period (in weeks) before forcing a cache refresh.
-        CACHE_WEEKS: 2
-      run: |
-        echo "CACHE_PERIOD=$(date +%Y).$(expr $(date +%U) / ${CACHE_WEEKS})" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
-
-    - name: "Conda package cache"
-      uses: actions/cache@v4.3.0
-      env:
-        # Increment the build number to force a cache refresh.
-        CACHE_BUILD: 5
-      with:
-        path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-pkgs-${{ env.ENV_NAME }}-p${{ env.CACHE_PERIOD }}-b${{ env.CACHE_BUILD }}
-
-    - name: "Conda install"
-      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-      with:
-        miniforge-version: latest
-        channels: conda-forge
-        activate-environment: ${{ env.ENV_NAME }}
-        auto-update-conda: true
-
-    - name: "Conda environment cache"
-      id: conda-env-cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4.3.0
-      env:
-        # Increment the build number to force a cache refresh.
-        CACHE_BUILD: 5
+    - name: "Pixi setup"
+      uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@82d477f15f3a381dbcc8adc1206ce643fe110fb7
       with:
-        path: ${{ env.CONDA }}/envs/${{ env.ENV_NAME }}
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-env-${{ env.ENV_NAME }}-p${{ env.CACHE_PERIOD }}-b${{ env.CACHE_BUILD }}
+        run-install: false
 
-    - name: "Conda environment update"
-      if: steps.conda-env-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+    - name: "refresh pixi"
       run: |
-        conda install --name ${{ env.ENV_NAME }} "tox<4"
+        pixi update --json | pixi exec pixi-diff-to-markdown > diff.md
+        if [ $(wc -c < diff.md) -lt 10 ]; then
+            rm -f diff.md
+        fi
 
-    - name: "Conda info"
+    - name: "refresh locks"
+      if: ${{ hashFiles('diff.md') }}
       run: |
-        conda info
-        conda list
-
-    - name: "Tox cache"
-      uses: actions/cache@v4.3.0
-      env:
-        # Increment the build number to forece a cache refresh.
-        CACHE_BUILD: 5
-        TOX_INI: ${{ github.workspace }}/tox.ini
-      with:
-        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.tox
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-tox-${{ env.ENV_NAME }}-${{ matrix.lock }}-p${{ env.CACHE_PERIOD }}-b${{ env.CACHE_BUILD }}-${{ hashFiles(env.TOX_INI) }}
-
-    - name: "Create ${{ matrix.lock }} conda locks"
-      run: |
-        tox -e ${{ matrix.lock }} -- --platform osx-64 --platform win-64
+        pixi workspace export conda-explicit-spec --environment ${{ env.NAME }} --frozen --ignore-pypi-errors requirements
+        pixi workspace export conda-environment --environment ${{ env.NAME }} requirements/cf-units.yml
 
     - name: "Upload lock artifacts"
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
       with:
-        name: lock-artifact-${{ matrix.lock }}
-        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/requirements/locks/${{ matrix.lock }}*.lock
+        path: |
+          ${{ github.workspace }}/pixi.lock
+          ${{ github.workspace }}/requirements/*
 
 
   create-pr:
@@ -108,32 +67,29 @@ jobs:
     - name: "Download lock artifacts"
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
       with:
-        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/requirements/locks
-        merge-multiple: true
+        path: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
     - name: "Generate token"
-      uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2
+      uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
       id: generate-token
       with:
         app_id: ${{ secrets.AUTH_APP_ID }}
         private_key: ${{ secrets.AUTH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
     - name: "Push pull-request"
       id: cpr
-      # v3.12.1 (release date 31 Jan 2022)
       uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e
       with:
         token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
-        add-paths: ${{ github.workspace }}/requirements/locks/*.lock
-        commit-message: "updated conda lock files"
-        branch: conda-lock-auto-update
+        add-paths: ${{ github.workspace }}/requirements/*
+        commit-message: "updated lock files"
+        branch: pixi-auto-update
         delete-branch: true
-        title: "[cf-units.ci] conda lock auto-update"
-        body: |
-          Conda lock files auto-updated to latest resolved environment for `cf-units` dependencies.
+        title: "[cf-units.ci] pixi lock auto-update"
+        body-path: ${{ github.workspace }}/diff.md
         labels: |
-          New: Pull Request
           Bot
+          New: Pull Request
 
     - name: "Show pull-request"
       if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number != ''

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Reference:
 #   - https://github.com/actions/cache
 #   - https://github.com/actions/checkout
-#   - https://github.com/conda-incubator/setup-miniconda
+#   - https://github.com/prefix-dev/setup-pixi
 
 name: ci-tests
 
@@ -54,60 +54,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - name: "Environment configure"
-      env:
-        # Maximum cache period (in weeks) before forcing a cache refresh.
-        CACHE_WEEKS: 2
-      run: |
-        echo "CACHE_PERIOD=$(date +%Y).$(expr $(date +%U) / ${CACHE_WEEKS})" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
-
-    - name: "Conda package cache"
-      uses: actions/cache@v4.3.0
-      env:
-        # Increment the build number to force a cache refresh.
-        CACHE_BUILD: 2
-      with:
-        path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-pkgs-${{ env.ENV_NAME }}-${{ matrix.version }}-p${{ env.CACHE_PERIOD }}-b${{ env.CACHE_BUILD }}
-
-    - name: "Conda install"
-      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-      with:
-        miniforge-version: latest
-        channels: conda-forge
-        activate-environment: ${{ env.ENV_NAME }}
-        auto-update-conda: true
-
-    - name: "Conda environment cache"
-      id: conda-env-cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4.3.0
-      env:
-        # Increment the build number to force a cache refresh.
-        CACHE_BUILD: 2
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CONDA }}/envs/${{ env.ENV_NAME }}
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-env-${{ env.ENV_NAME }}-${{ matrix.version }}-p${{ env.CACHE_PERIOD }}-b${{ env.CACHE_BUILD }}
-
-    - name: "Conda environment update"
-      if: steps.conda-env-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run: |
-        conda install --name ${{ env.ENV_NAME }} "tox<4"
-
-    - name: "Conda info"
-      run: |
-        conda info
-        conda list
-
-    - name: "Tox cache"
-      uses: actions/cache@v4.3.0
-      env:
-        # Increment the build number to forece a cache refresh.
-        CACHE_BUILD: 2
-        TOX_INI: ${{ github.workspace }}/tox.ini
-      with:
-        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.tox
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-tox-${{ env.ENV_NAME }}-${{ matrix.version }}-p${{ env.CACHE_PERIOD }}-b${{ env.CACHE_BUILD }}-${{ hashFiles(env.TOX_INI) }}
-
     # setuptools can't find shared library installed by conda on windows
     # so we need to prepare environment variables for it
     - name: Export environment variables for UDUNITS2 lookup
@@ -117,18 +63,25 @@ jobs:
         script: |
           const path = require('path')
 
-          const base = path.join('.tox/${{ matrix.version }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-test')
+          const base = path.join('.pixi/envs/test-${{ matrix.version }}')
 
           core.exportVariable('UDUNITS2_INCDIR', path.join(base, 'Library/include/'));
           core.exportVariable('UDUNITS2_LIBDIR', path.join(base, 'Library/lib/'));
           core.exportVariable('UDUNITS2_XML_PATH', path.join(base, 'Library/share/udunits/udunits2.xml'));
 
+    - name: "Pixi setup"
+      uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@82d477f15f3a381dbcc8adc1206ce643fe110fb7
+      with:
+        environments: "test-${{ matrix.version }}"
+        frozen: true
+        activate-environment: true
+
     - name: "Run ${{ matrix.os }} on ${{ matrix.version}} tests"
       run: |
         export PATH=${{ matrix.gitpath-prepend }}$PATH
         which git
         git --version
-        tox -e ${{ matrix.version }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-test -- ${{ matrix.posargs }}
+        pixi run --frozen pytest ${{ matrix.posargs }}
 
     - name: "Upload coverage report to Codecov"
       if: contains(matrix.posargs, '--cov')

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-wheels.yml
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "macos-13"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "macos-15-intel"]
         arch: ["x86_64", "arm64"]
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-latest
           arch: x86_64
           incdir: /usr/include/udunits2
           libdir: /usr/lib64
           xml_path: /usr/share/udunits/udunits2.xml
-        - os: macos-13
+        - os: macos-15-intel
           arch: x86_64
           incdir: /usr/local/Cellar/udunits/2.2.28/include
           libdir: /usr/local/Cellar/udunits/2.2.28/lib
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           arch: "arm64"
         - os: "macos-latest"
           arch: "x86_64"
-        - os: "macos-13"
+        - os: "macos-15-intel"
           arch: "arm64"
 
     steps:
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: "Set MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"
       if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
-      run: echo "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$([[ ${{ matrix.os }} == 'macos-latest' ]] && echo '15.0' || echo '13.0')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      # Allows version targets to be set per architecture.
+      run: echo "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$([[ ${{ matrix.os }} == 'macos-latest' ]] && echo '15.0' || echo '15.0')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
 
     - name: "Conda install"
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_LINUX: yum install -y udunits2-devel
         CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_MACOS: brew install udunits
         CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS: python -m pip install delvewheel
-        CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest
+        CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest tomli
         CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: >
           python -c "import cf_units; print(f'cf-units v{cf_units.__version__}')" &&
           python -m pytest --pyargs cf_units

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -148,3 +148,7 @@ dmypy.json
 
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/
+
+# pixi environments
+.pixi
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,36 +3,33 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-24.04
   tools:
-    python: mambaforge-4.10
+    python: "latest"
   jobs:
+    create_environment:
+      # pixi is endorsed by Read the Docs:
+      #  https://docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/build-customization.html#install-dependencies-with-pixi
+      - asdf plugin add pixi
+      - asdf install pixi latest
+      - asdf global pixi latest
     post_checkout:
       # The SciTools/cf-units repository is shallow i.e., has a .git/shallow,
       # therefore complete the repository with a full history in order
       # to allow setuptools-scm to correctly auto-discover the version.
       - git fetch --unshallow
       - git fetch --all
     pre_install:
-      # create a "common" link to the underlying rtd conda environment,
-      # which maybe named "latest", "stable" or the cf-units version
-      - ln -s ${CONDA_ENVS_PATH}/${CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV} ${CONDA_ENVS_PATH}/common
-      # Need to stash the local changes that Read the Docs makes so that
+      # Need to stash any local changes that Read the Docs makes so that
       #  setuptools_scm can generate the correct cf-units version.
       - git stash
+    install:
+      - pixi install --frozen --environment docs
     post_install:
-      - git stash pop
-
-conda:
-  # NOTE: the activation script for this environment does not get run.
-  #  Therefore, the UDUNITS2 environment variables are not set.
-  #  They are instead set via the RTD dashboard (not yet possible via this
-  #  configuration file - readthedocs/readthedocs.org#6311).
-  environment: requirements/cf-units.yml
+      # Restore any local changes stashed earlier, if there were any.
+      - if git stash list | grep .; then git stash pop; fi
+    build:
+      html:
+        - pixi run --frozen --environment docs readthedocs
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/source/conf.py
   fail_on_warning: false
-
-python:
-  install:
-    - method: pip
-      path: .
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