pip freeze does not correctly display editable packages when they are installed from a non-version controlled location

[cjw296]

• Pip version: 9.0.1
• Python version: 2.7.x
• Operating system: Mac OS and Linux

Description:

When doing a pip freeze in a virtualenv that has a package installed using -e from a folder that is not under version control, that package is reported as a normal non-editable package.

What I've run:

tweedledee:~ chris$ virtualenv virtualenvs/test
New python executable in /Users/chris/virtualenvs/test/bin/python
copying /Users/chris/anaconda/bin/python => /Users/chris/virtualenvs/test/bin/python
copying /Users/chris/anaconda/bin/../lib/libpython2.7.dylib => /Users/chris/virtualenvs/test/lib/libpython2.7.dylib
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
tweedledee:~ chris$ source activate virtualenvs/test
(virtualenvs/test) tweedledee:~ chris$ pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /Users/chris/virtualenvs/test/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)
(virtualenvs/test) tweedledee:~ chris$ python --version
Python 2.7.10 :: Continuum Analytics, Inc.
(virtualenvs/test) tweedledee:~ chris$ mkdir /tmp/test_package
(virtualenvs/test) tweedledee:~ chris$ echo "from setuptools import setup; setup(name='test_package', version='1.2.3')" > /tmp/test_package/setup.py
(virtualenvs/test) tweedledee:~ chris$ pip install -e /tmp/test_package
Obtaining file:///tmp/test_package
Installing collected packages: test-package
  Running setup.py develop for test-package
Successfully installed test-package
(virtualenvs/test) tweedledee:~ chris$ pip freeze | grep test-pack
test-package==1.2.3

[cjerdonek]

Issue #5031 is a duplicate of this one. There is more discussion there, even though this was filed first.

[cjerdonek]

Closing in favor of #5031.

[lock]

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