How are Pipfile and Pipfile.lock used?

Question

It seems that Pipfile/Pipfile.lock are intended to be replacements for requirements.txt, in the context of Python packaging. There isn\'t much documentation out there on how

Answer 1

As explained above by @Charles Duffy, it is a direct analog of Gemfile and Gemfile.lock from the Ruby world. See reference below for more details.

Reference: https://medium.com/never-hop-on-the-bandwagon/gemfile-and-gemfile-lock-in-ruby-65adc918b856