From 401e1132a7de94f89bfdaa0aa5d234c08eda507e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marco Gorelli Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 19:32:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add note about virtualenv --- doc/source/development/contributing.rst | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/development/contributing.rst b/doc/source/development/contributing.rst index b281c7cfc7d39..08d8451127732 100644 --- a/doc/source/development/contributing.rst +++ b/doc/source/development/contributing.rst @@ -837,8 +837,14 @@ to run its checks by running:: without having to have done ``pre-commit install`` beforehand. -Note that if you have conflicting installations of ``virtualenv``, then you may get an -error - see `here `_. +.. note:: + + If you have conflicting installations of ``virtualenv``, then you may get an + error - see `here `_. + + Also, due to a `bug in virtualenv `_, + you may run into issues if you're using conda. To solve this, you can downgrade + ``virtualenv`` to version ``20.0.33``. Backwards compatibility ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~