def _wrapper(args=None):
    # type: (Optional[List[str]]) -> int
    """Central wrapper for all old entrypoints.

    Historically pip has had several entrypoints defined. Because of issues
    arising from PATH, sys.path, multiple Pythons, their interactions, and most
    of them having a pip installed, users suffer every time an entrypoint gets
    moved.

    To alleviate this pain, and provide a mechanism for warning users and
    directing them to an appropriate place for help, we now define all of
    our old entrypoints as wrappers for the current one.
    """
    sys.stderr.write(
        "WARNING: pip is being invoked by an old script wrapper. This will "
        "fail in a future version of pip.\n"
        "Please see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5599 for advice on "
        "fixing the underlying issue.\n"
        "To avoid this problem you can invoke Python with '-m pip' instead of "
        "running pip directly.\n"
    )
    return main(args)
Central wrapper for all old entrypoints.

    Historically pip has had several entrypoints defined. Because of issues
    arising from PATH, sys.path, multiple Pythons, their interactions, and most
    of them having a pip installed, users suffer every time an entrypoint gets
    moved.

    To alleviate this pain, and provide a mechanism for warning users and
    directing them to an appropriate place for help, we now define all of
    our old entrypoints as wrappers for the current one.
    
product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pip/_internal/utils/entrypoints.py