From c97d12bcf37526b225d802d9929f632fe519adba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zanie Blue <contact@zanie.dev>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:26:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Unhide `uv` from `--build-backend` options (#14939)

Closes https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/14921
---
 crates/uv-configuration/src/project_build_backend.rs | 6 +-----
 docs/reference/cli.md                                | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/uv-configuration/src/project_build_backend.rs b/crates/uv-configuration/src/project_build_backend.rs
index c95da6bf8..8c5db4b55 100644
--- a/crates/uv-configuration/src/project_build_backend.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-configuration/src/project_build_backend.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "clap", derive(clap::ValueEnum))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "schemars", derive(schemars::JsonSchema))]
 pub enum ProjectBuildBackend {
-    #[cfg_attr(
-        feature = "clap",
-        value(alias = "uv-build", alias = "uv_build", hide = true)
-    )]
-    #[cfg_attr(feature = "schemars", schemars(skip))]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "clap", value(alias = "uv-build", alias = "uv_build"))]
     /// Use uv as the project build backend.
     Uv,
     #[serde(alias = "hatchling")]
diff --git a/docs/reference/cli.md b/docs/reference/cli.md
index 43f7a2aa7..f761a49f0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cli.md
+++ b/docs/reference/cli.md
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ uv init [OPTIONS] [PATH]
 <p>Implicitly sets <code>--package</code>.</p>
 <p>May also be set with the <code>UV_INIT_BUILD_BACKEND</code> environment variable.</p><p>Possible values:</p>
 <ul>
+<li><code>uv</code>:  Use uv as the project build backend</li>
 <li><code>hatch</code>:  Use <a href="https://pypi.org/project/hatchling">hatchling</a> as the project build backend</li>
 <li><code>flit</code>:  Use <a href="https://pypi.org/project/flit-core">flit-core</a> as the project build backend</li>
 <li><code>pdm</code>:  Use <a href="https://pypi.org/project/pdm-backend">pdm-backend</a> as the project build backend</li>