Use relocatable virtual environments by default

crates/uv-cli/src/lib.rs

@@ -3170,9 +3170,16 @@ pub struct VenvArgs {
     /// absolute paths), the entrypoints and scripts themselves will _not_ be relocatable. In other
     /// words, copying those entrypoints and scripts to a location outside the environment will not
     /// work, as they reference paths relative to the environment itself.
-    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(long, overrides_with("no_relocatable"))]
     pub relocatable: bool,
 
+    /// Don't make the virtual environment relocatable.
+    ///
+    /// Disables the default relocatable behavior when the `relocatable-envs-default` preview
+    /// feature is enabled.
+    #[arg(long, overrides_with("relocatable"), hide = true)]
+    pub no_relocatable: bool,
+
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub index_args: IndexArgs,
 

crates/uv-preview/src/lib.rs

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub enum PreviewFeature {
     GcsEndpoint = 1 << 21,
     AdjustUlimit = 1 << 22,
     SpecialCondaEnvNames = 1 << 23,
+    RelocatableEnvsDefault = 1 << 24,
 }
 
 impl PreviewFeature {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ impl PreviewFeature {
             Self::GcsEndpoint => "gcs-endpoint",
             Self::AdjustUlimit => "adjust-ulimit",
             Self::SpecialCondaEnvNames => "special-conda-env-names",
+            Self::RelocatableEnvsDefault => "relocatable-envs-default",
         }
     }
 }
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ impl FromStr for PreviewFeature {
             "metadata-json" => Self::MetadataJson,
             "adjust-ulimit" => Self::AdjustUlimit,
             "special-conda-env-names" => Self::SpecialCondaEnvNames,
+            "relocatable-envs-default" => Self::RelocatableEnvsDefault,
             _ => return Err(PreviewFeatureParseError),
         })
     }
@@ -336,5 +339,9 @@ mod tests {
             PreviewFeature::SpecialCondaEnvNames.as_str(),
             "special-conda-env-names"
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            PreviewFeature::RelocatableEnvsDefault.as_str(),
+            "relocatable-envs-default"
+        );
     }
 }

crates/uv/src/lib.rs

@@ -1247,7 +1247,11 @@ async fn run(mut cli: Cli) -> Result<ExitStatus> {
                 args.no_project,
                 &cache,
                 printer,
-                args.relocatable,
+                args.relocatable
+                    || (globals
+                        .preview
+                        .is_enabled(PreviewFeature::RelocatableEnvsDefault)
+                        && !args.no_relocatable),
                 globals.preview,
             )
             .await

crates/uv/src/settings.rs

@@ -3347,6 +3347,7 @@ pub(crate) struct VenvSettings {
     pub(crate) prompt: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) system_site_packages: bool,
     pub(crate) relocatable: bool,
+    pub(crate) no_relocatable: bool,
     pub(crate) no_project: bool,
     pub(crate) refresh: Refresh,
     pub(crate) settings: PipSettings,
@@ -3371,6 +3372,7 @@ impl VenvSettings {
             prompt,
             system_site_packages,
             relocatable,
+            no_relocatable,
             index_args,
             index_strategy,
             keyring_provider,
@@ -3396,6 +3398,7 @@ impl VenvSettings {
             system_site_packages,
             no_project,
             relocatable,
+            no_relocatable,
             refresh: Refresh::from(refresh),
             settings: PipSettings::combine(
                 PipOptions {

crates/uv/tests/it/show_settings.rs

@@ -7931,6 +7931,7 @@ fn preview_features() {
                 GcsEndpoint,
                 AdjustUlimit,
                 SpecialCondaEnvNames,
+                RelocatableEnvsDefault,
             ],
         },
         python_preference: Managed,
@@ -8190,6 +8191,7 @@ fn preview_features() {
                 GcsEndpoint,
                 AdjustUlimit,
                 SpecialCondaEnvNames,
+                RelocatableEnvsDefault,
             ],
         },
         python_preference: Managed,

crates/uv/tests/it/venv.rs

@@ -1304,6 +1304,55 @@ fn verify_pyvenv_cfg_relocatable() {
     ));
 }
 
+/// With `relocatable-envs-default` preview feature, venvs are relocatable by default.
+#[test]
+fn relocatable_envs_default_preview() {
+    let context = TestContext::new("3.12");
+
+    // Create a virtual environment with the preview feature enabled.
+    context
+        .venv()
+        .arg(context.venv.as_os_str())
+        .arg("--clear")
+        .arg("--python")
+        .arg("3.12")
+        .arg("--preview-features")
+        .arg("relocatable-envs-default")
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+
+    let pyvenv_cfg = context.venv.child("pyvenv.cfg");
+    pyvenv_cfg.assert(predicates::path::is_file());
+
+    // Relocatable flag is set by default under preview.
+    pyvenv_cfg.assert(predicates::str::contains("relocatable = true"));
+}
+
+/// With `relocatable-envs-default` preview feature, `--no-relocatable` opts out.
+#[test]
+fn relocatable_envs_default_no_relocatable() {
+    let context = TestContext::new("3.12");
+
+    // Create a virtual environment with the preview feature but opt out.
+    context
+        .venv()
+        .arg(context.venv.as_os_str())
+        .arg("--clear")
+        .arg("--python")
+        .arg("3.12")
+        .arg("--preview-features")
+        .arg("relocatable-envs-default")
+        .arg("--no-relocatable")
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+
+    let pyvenv_cfg = context.venv.child("pyvenv.cfg");
+    pyvenv_cfg.assert(predicates::path::is_file());
+
+    // Relocatable flag is NOT set because of --no-relocatable.
+    pyvenv_cfg.assert(predicates::str::contains("relocatable").not());
+}
+
 /// Ensure that a nested virtual environment uses the same `home` directory as the parent.
 #[test]
 fn verify_nested_pyvenv_cfg() -> Result<()> {