Rename --no-deps-only to --not-required.

CHANGES.txt

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 * Added optional column formatting to ``pip list`` (:issue:`3651`).
 
-* Add `--no-deps-only` option to ``pip list`` to list packages that are
+* Add `--not-required` option to ``pip list`` to list packages that are
   not dependencies of other packages.
 
 * Fix the build on systems with symlinked /tmp directory for custom

docs/reference/pip_list.rst

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Examples
 
     ::
 
-     $ pip list --outdated --no-deps-only
+     $ pip list --outdated --not-required
      docutils (Current: 0.10 Latest: 0.11)
 
 #. Use legacy formatting

pip/commands/list.py

@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ class ListCommand(Command):
         )
 
         cmd_opts.add_option(
-            '--no-deps-only',
+            '--not-required',
             action='store_true',
-            dest='nodeps_only',
+            dest='not_required',
             help="List packages that are not dependencies of "
                  "installed packages.",
         )
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ class ListCommand(Command):
         elif options.uptodate:
             packages = self.get_uptodate(packages, options)
 
-        if options.nodeps_only:
-            packages = self.get_nodeps_only(packages, options)
+        if options.not_required:
+            packages = self.get_not_required(packages, options)
 
         self.output_package_listing(packages, options)
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class ListCommand(Command):
             if dist.latest_version == dist.parsed_version
         ]
 
-    def get_nodeps_only(self, packages, options):
+    def get_not_required(self, packages, options):
         dep_keys = set()
         for dist in packages:
             dep_keys.update(requirement.key for requirement in dist.requires())

tests/functional/test_list.py

@@ -564,11 +564,11 @@ def test_outdated_formats(script, data):
                      'latest_version': '1.1', 'latest_filetype': 'wheel'}]
 
 
-def test_no_deps_only_flag(script, data):
+def test_not_required_flag(script, data):
     script.pip(
         'install', '-f', data.find_links, '--no-index', 'TopoRequires4'
     )
-    result = script.pip('list', '--no-deps-only', expect_stderr=True)
+    result = script.pip('list', '--not-required', expect_stderr=True)
     assert 'TopoRequires4 ' in result.stdout, str(result)
     assert 'TopoRequires ' not in result.stdout
     assert 'TopoRequires2 ' not in result.stdout