Add 'remove' command as an alias to 'uninstall'

Author: McSinyx

news/8130.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add 'remove' command as an alias to 'uninstall'.

src/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py

@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
     ConfigOptionParser,
     UpdatingDefaultsHelpFormatter,
 )
-from pip._internal.commands import commands_dict, get_similar_commands
+from pip._internal.commands import (
+    commands_aliases,
+    commands_dict,
+    get_similar_commands
+)
 from pip._internal.exceptions import CommandError
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import get_pip_version, get_prog
 from pip._internal.utils.typing import MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING
@@ -83,7 +87,9 @@ def parse_command(args):
     # the subcommand name
     cmd_name = args_else[0]
 
-    if cmd_name not in commands_dict:
+    if cmd_name in commands_aliases:
+        cmd_name = commands_aliases[cmd_name]
+    elif cmd_name not in commands_dict:
         guess = get_similar_commands(cmd_name)
 
         msg = ['unknown command "{}"'.format(cmd_name)]

src/pip/_internal/commands/__init__.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from pip._internal.utils.typing import MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING
 
 if MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING:
-    from typing import Any
+    from typing import Any, Dict
     from pip._internal.cli.base_command import Command
 
 
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
     )),
 ])  # type: OrderedDict[str, CommandInfo]
 
+command_aliases = {'remove': 'uninstall'}  # type: Dict[str, str]
+
 
 def create_command(name, **kwargs):
     # type: (str, **Any) -> Command