Allow all command line option flags to be used in config file/env-var

docs/changelog/1763.feature.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Extend environment variables checked for configuration to also check aliases (e.g. setting either
+``VIRTUALENV_COPIES`` or ``VIRTUALENV_ALWAYS_COPY`` will work) - by :user:`gaborbernat`.

docs/cli_interface.rst

@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ virtualenv looks for a standard ini configuration file. The exact location depen
 as determined by :pypi:`appdirs` application configuration definition. The configuration file location is printed as at
 the end of the output when ``--help`` is passed.
 
-The keys of the settings are derived from the long command line option. For example, :option:`--python <python>`
-would be specified as:
+The keys of the settings are derived from th command line option (left strip the ``-`` characters, and replace ``-``
+with ``_``). Where multiple flags are available first found wins (where order is as it shows up under the ``--help``).
+
+For example, :option:`--python <python>` would be specified as:
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
@@ -58,9 +60,9 @@ Options that take multiple values, like :option:`extra-search-dir` can be specif
 Environment Variables
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Each command line option has a corresponding environment variables with the name format
-``VIRTUALENV_<UPPER_NAME>``. The ``UPPER_NAME`` is the name of the command line options capitalized and
-dashes (``'-'``) replaced with underscores (``'_'``).
+Default values may be also specified via environment variables. The keys of the settings are derived from the
+command line option (left strip the ``-`` characters, and replace ``-`` with ``_``, finally capitalize the name). Where
+multiple flags are available first found wins (where order is as it shows up under the ``--help``).
 
 For example, to use a custom Python binary, instead of the one virtualenv is run with, you can set the environment
 variable ``VIRTUALENV_PYTHON`` like:

setup.cfg

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ testing =
     pytest-mock >= 2.0.0, <3
     pytest-env >= 0.6.2, <1
     pytest-timeout >= 1.3.4, <2
-    xonsh >= 0.9.13, <1; python_version > '3.4'
+    xonsh >= 0.9.16, <1; python_version > '3.4'
 
 [options.package_data]
 virtualenv.activation.bash = *.sh

src/virtualenv/config/cli/parser.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 from argparse import SUPPRESS, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, ArgumentParser
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from virtualenv.config.convert import get_type
 
@@ -38,9 +39,17 @@ def _fix_defaults(self):
     def _fix_default(self, action):
         if hasattr(action, "default") and hasattr(action, "dest") and action.default != SUPPRESS:
             as_type = get_type(action)
-            outcome = get_env_var(action.dest, as_type)
+            names = OrderedDict((i.lstrip("-").replace("-", "_"), None) for i in action.option_strings)
+            outcome = None
+            for name in names:
+                outcome = get_env_var(name, as_type)
+                if outcome is not None:
+                    break
             if outcome is None and self.file_config:
-                outcome = self.file_config.get(action.dest, as_type)
+                for name in names:
+                    outcome = self.file_config.get(name, as_type)
+                    if outcome is not None:
+                        break
             if outcome is not None:
                 action.default, action.default_source = outcome
 

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/api.py

@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ def can_symlink(self):
 class ViaGlobalRefApi(Creator):
     def __init__(self, options, interpreter):
         super(ViaGlobalRefApi, self).__init__(options, interpreter)
-        self.symlinks = getattr(options, "copies", False) is False
+        copies = getattr(options, "copies", False)
+        symlinks = getattr(options, "symlinks", False)
+        self.symlinks = symlinks is True and copies is False
         self.enable_system_site_package = options.system_site
 
     @classmethod

tests/unit/config/test_env_var.py

@@ -46,3 +46,24 @@ def test_extra_search_dir_via_env_var(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     (tmp_path / "c").mkdir()
     result = parse_cli(["venv"])
     assert result.seeder.extra_search_dir == [Path("a").resolve(), Path("b").resolve(), Path("c").resolve()]
+
+
+def test_value_alias(monkeypatch, mocker, empty_conf):
+    from virtualenv.config.cli.parser import VirtualEnvConfigParser
+
+    prev = VirtualEnvConfigParser._fix_default
+
+    def func(self, action):
+        if action.dest == "symlinks":
+            action.default = True  # force symlink to be true
+        elif action.dest == "copies":
+            action.default = False  # force default copy to be False, we expect env-var to flip it
+        return prev(self, action)
+
+    mocker.patch("virtualenv.run.VirtualEnvConfigParser._fix_default", side_effect=func, autospec=True)
+
+    monkeypatch.delenv(str("SYMLINKS"), raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv(str("VIRTUALENV_COPIES"), raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv(str("VIRTUALENV_ALWAYS_COPY"), str("1"))
+    result = parse_cli(["venv"])
+    assert result.creator.symlinks is False

tests/unit/seed/test_boostrap_link_via_app_data.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
-@pytest.mark.timeout(timeout=60)
+@pytest.mark.timeout(timeout=120)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("copies", [False, True] if fs_supports_symlink() else [True])
 def test_seed_link_via_app_data(tmp_path, coverage_env, current_fastest, copies):
     current = PythonInfo.current_system()