1 new commit in pytest: https://bitbucket.org/hpk42/pytest/commits/8c0e79d2c8ca/ Changeset: 8c0e79d2c8ca User: hpk42 Date: 2014-01-23 15:25:01 Summary: address issue416: clarify docs as to conftest.py loading semantics Affected #: 2 files
diff -r 4377714d60a33dece691daff4b53062ee6780a35 -r 8c0e79d2c8cab40e85e94d4193c0cafcba1b78d2 CHANGELOG --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ correctly also on python2 and with pytest-xdist runs. (the fix requires py-1.4.20) +- address issue416: clarify docs as to conftest.py loading semantics + + 2.5.1 ----------------------------------- diff -r 4377714d60a33dece691daff4b53062ee6780a35 -r 8c0e79d2c8cab40e85e94d4193c0cafcba1b78d2 doc/en/plugins.txt --- a/doc/en/plugins.txt +++ b/doc/en/plugins.txt @@ -177,9 +177,15 @@ and loading the specified plugin before actual command line parsing. * by loading all :file:`conftest.py` files as inferred by the command line - invocation (test files and all of its *parent* directories). - Note that ``conftest.py`` files from *sub* directories are by default - not loaded at tool startup. + invocation: + + - if no test paths are specified use current dir as a test path + - if exists, load ``conftest.py`` and ``test*/conftest.py`` relative + to the directory part of the first test path. + + Note that pytest does not find ``conftest.py`` files in deeper nested + sub directories at tool startup. It is usually a good idea to keep + your conftest.py file in the top level test or project root directory. * by recursively loading all plugins specified by the ``pytest_plugins`` variable in ``conftest.py`` files Repository URL: https://bitbucket.org/hpk42/pytest/ -- This is a commit notification from bitbucket.org. You are receiving this because you have the service enabled, addressing the recipient of this email. _______________________________________________ pytest-commit mailing list pytest-commit@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-commit
