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@@ -510,6 +510,9 @@ uv accepts the following command-line arguments as environment variables:
   as a link mode.
 - `UV_NO_BUILD_ISOLATION`: Equivalent to the `--no-build-isolation` command-line argument. If set,
   uv will skip isolation when building source distributions.
+- `UV_CUSTOM_COMPILE_COMMAND`: Used to override `uv` in the output header of the `requirements.txt`
+  files generated by `uv pip compile`. Intended for use-cases in which `uv pip compile` is called
+  from within a wrapper script, to include the name of the wrapper script in the output file.
 
 In each case, the corresponding command-line argument takes precedence over an environment variable.