From b2a151500b1e827de3ca950881204e4f4c9df08a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua <joshdcannon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 13:37:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] --dry-run is cool

---
 src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
index 02ba60827..64bc59bbd 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ def check_dist_restriction(options: Values, check_target: bool = False) -> None:
         )
 
     if check_target:
-        if dist_restriction_set and not options.target_dir:
+        if not options.dry_run and dist_restriction_set and not options.target_dir:
             raise CommandError(
                 "Can not use any platform or abi specific options unless "
-                "installing via '--target'"
+                "installing via '--target' or using '--dry-run'"
             )
 
 

From 38126ce5f811f98c2f45fcbfad47f3d5538120fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua <joshdcannon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 13:42:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] HEAR YE HEAR YE

---
 news/12215.bugfix.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 news/12215.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/news/12215.bugfix.rst b/news/12215.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f814540ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/12215.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix unnecessary error when using ``--dry-run`` and ``--python-version`` without ``--target``

From 864139adb0819053e76a3db4c50e916ef79cfc8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua <joshdcannon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 14:32:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] add tests

---
 tests/functional/test_install.py | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install.py b/tests/functional/test_install.py
index eabddfe58..038683246 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install.py
@@ -2459,6 +2459,40 @@ def test_install_pip_prints_req_chain_local(script: PipTestEnvironment) -> None:
     )
 
 
+def test_install_dist_restriction_without_target(script: PipTestEnvironment) -> None:
+    result = script.pip(
+        "install", "--python-version=3.1", "--only-binary=:all:", expect_error=True
+    )
+    assert (
+        "Can not use any platform or abi specific options unless installing "
+        "via '--target'" in result.stderr
+    ), str(result)
+
+
+def test_install_dist_restriction_dry_run_doesnt_require_target(
+    script: PipTestEnvironment,
+) -> None:
+    create_basic_wheel_for_package(
+        script,
+        "base",
+        "0.1.0",
+    )
+
+    result = script.pip(
+        "install",
+        "--python-version=3.1",
+        "--only-binary=:all:",
+        "--dry-run",
+        "--no-cache-dir",
+        "--no-index",
+        "--find-links",
+        script.scratch_path,
+        "base",
+    )
+
+    assert not result.stderr, str(result)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.network
 def test_install_pip_prints_req_chain_pypi(script: PipTestEnvironment) -> None:
     """

From 46754f1580d46aaa11147796336cd79ea1682caa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua <joshdcannon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 09:04:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] It's not a bug(fix) it's a FEATURE

---
 news/12215.bugfix.rst  | 1 -
 news/12215.feature.rst | 1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 delete mode 100644 news/12215.bugfix.rst
 create mode 100644 news/12215.feature.rst

diff --git a/news/12215.bugfix.rst b/news/12215.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f814540ff..000000000
--- a/news/12215.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix unnecessary error when using ``--dry-run`` and ``--python-version`` without ``--target``
diff --git a/news/12215.feature.rst b/news/12215.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..407dc903e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/12215.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow ``pip install --dry-run`` to use platform and ABI overriding options similar to ``--target``.