Merge pull request #7543 from sbidoul/deprecate-gitgitarobase-sbi

Deprecate git+git@ form of VCS requirements

docs/html/reference/pip_install.rst

@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ Here are the supported forms::
     [-e] git+ssh://git.example.com/MyProject#egg=MyProject
     [-e] git+git://git.example.com/MyProject#egg=MyProject
     [-e] git+file:///home/user/projects/MyProject#egg=MyProject
-    -e [email protected]:MyProject#egg=MyProject
 
 Passing a branch name, a commit hash, a tag name or a git ref is possible like so::
 

news/7543.removal

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Support for the ``git+git@`` form of VCS requirement is being deprecated and
+will be removed in pip 21.0. Switch to ``git+https://`` or
+``git+ssh://``. ``git+git://`` also works but its use is discouraged as it is
+insecure.

src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from pip._internal.operations.install.wheel import install_wheel
 from pip._internal.pyproject import load_pyproject_toml, make_pyproject_path
 from pip._internal.req.req_uninstall import UninstallPathSet
+from pip._internal.utils.deprecation import deprecated
 from pip._internal.utils.hashes import Hashes
 from pip._internal.utils.logging import indent_log
 from pip._internal.utils.marker_files import (
@@ -633,6 +634,20 @@ def update_editable(self, obtain=True):
         vc_type, url = self.link.url.split('+', 1)
         vcs_backend = vcs.get_backend(vc_type)
         if vcs_backend:
+            if not self.link.is_vcs:
+                reason = (
+                    "This form of VCS requirement is being deprecated: {}."
+                ).format(
+                    self.link.url
+                )
+                replacement = None
+                if self.link.url.startswith("git+git@"):
+                    replacement = (
+                        "git+https://[email protected]/..., "
+                        "git+ssh://[email protected]/..., "
+                        "or the insecure git+git://[email protected]/..."
+                    )
+                deprecated(reason, replacement, gone_in="21.0", issue=7554)
             hidden_url = hide_url(self.link.url)
             if obtain:
                 vcs_backend.obtain(self.source_dir, url=hidden_url)