# Description

This PR adds support for uv as an alternative to conda or venv for
managing virtual environments and adds corresponding support for uv pip
for managing python dependencies. uv and uv pip is significantly faster
than conda and has many useful tools.

If users wish to use the uv workflow they will need to have uv
installed, but otherwise no additional dependencies are added.

Docs should be updated to describe this option. There may need to be
more work done to clean when deactivating the environment. Uv does not
support pre and post activation hooks like conda so cleaning up the
environment variables is slightly more tricky. I would greatly
appreciate feedback to improve this workflow!

Fixes #3408

## Type of change

- New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- This change requires a documentation update


## Checklist

- [X] I have run the [`pre-commit` checks](https://pre-commit.com/) with
`./isaaclab.sh --format`
- [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [X] My changes generate no new warnings
- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [ ] I have updated the changelog and the corresponding version in the
extension's `config/extension.toml` file
- [X] I have added my name to the `CONTRIBUTORS.md` or my name already
exists there

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Signed-off-by: Kyle Morgenstein <34984693+KyleM73@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Mayank Mittal <12863862+Mayankm96@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Mayank Mittal <12863862+Mayankm96@users.noreply.github.com>