Issue #26034: Sync documentation of --clear with its behavior

Most of the docs has already been updated in c3c188a0325a.

diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
index 02bcbeeb7f2bc228253338f5dcd7bcd0d30713c4..0873a993c28f9c1e9ed262c6c150cf2a9bd1b156 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
+++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
                              are not the default for the platform.
       --copies               Try to use copies rather than symlinks, even when
                              symlinks are the default for the platform.
-      --clear                Delete the environment directory if it already exists.
-                             If not specified and the directory exists, an error is
-                             raised.
+      --clear                Delete the contents of the environment directory if it
+                             already exists, before environment creation.
       --upgrade              Upgrade the environment directory to use this version
                              of Python, assuming Python has been upgraded in-place.
       --without-pip          Skips installing or upgrading pip in the virtual

diff --git a/Lib/venv/__init__.py b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
index 3d606ef89c32c8985764e45481e865da3ade3070..f1d0649c173005608a72fc58961c03bb813958db 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ optional arguments:
                         Give the virtual environment access to the system
                         site-packages dir.
   --symlinks            Attempt to symlink rather than copy.
-  --clear               Delete the environment directory if it already exists.
-                        If not specified and the directory exists, an error is
-                        raised.
+  --clear               Delete the contents of the environment directory if it
+                        already exists, before environment creation.
   --upgrade             Upgrade the environment directory to use this version
                         of Python, assuming Python has been upgraded in-place.
   --without-pip         Skips installing or upgrading pip in the virtual
@@ -52,9 +51,8 @@ class EnvBuilder:
 
     :param system_site_packages: If True, the system (global) site-packages
                                  dir is available to created environments.
-    :param clear: If True and the target directory exists, it is deleted.
-                  Otherwise, if the target directory exists, an error is
-                  raised.
+    :param clear: Delete the contents of the environment directory if it
+                  already exists, before environment creation.
     :param symlinks: If True, attempt to symlink rather than copy files into
                      virtual environment.
     :param upgrade: If True, upgrade an existing virtual environment.
@@ -361,9 +359,8 @@ def create(env_dir, system_site_packages=False, clear=False,
     :param env_dir: The target directory to create an environment in.
     :param system_site_packages: If True, the system (global) site-packages
                                  dir is available to the environment.
-    :param clear: If True and the target directory exists, it is deleted.
-                  Otherwise, if the target directory exists, an error is
-                  raised.
+    :param clear: Delete the contents of the environment directory if it
+                  already exists, before environment creation.
     :param symlinks: If True, attempt to symlink rather than copy files into
                      virtual environment.
     :param with_pip: If True, ensure pip is installed in the virtual