[pytest-dev] top-level conftest.py not recognized when running tests in sub-directories

Fri Sep 26 23:15:51 CEST 2014

So I'll give an alternative opinion and say that I don't mind using classes
as namespaces for py.test. The simple migration path away from
.setup_method() is to create an autouse fixture in the class instead.
On 25 Sep 2014 13:21, "Jens Hoffmann" <jh at solute.de> wrote:

>  This gives me a little pain, since I always liked to organize my tests
> OO-like, with classes etc; the docs call pytest fixtures: explicit,
> modular, scalable; but for me "decorating classes and methods" is a tiny
> bit of magic that forces me to leave the pure OO way and to think a little
> more functional;
>
>
> Jens
>
>
> On 09/25/2014 02:09 PM, Anatoly Bubenkov wrote:
>
> the thing is, fixtures have proper dependency injection working
> but combing them with oldish setup_ methods doesn't always work properly
> out of the box - just because it's impossible to determine the 'right'
> order, because there's no 'right' order, it's all up to you to determine
> the dependency tree
>
> On 25 September 2014 14:06, Jens Hoffmann <jh at solute.de> wrote:
>
>>  okay, I'll kill them... thank you for your quick responses
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/25/2014 02:03 PM, Anatoly Bubenkov wrote:
>>
>> setup_ methods should just die :)
>> use fixtures everywhere instead
>>
>> On 25 September 2014 14:01, Jens Hoffmann <jh at solute.de> wrote:
>>
>>>  Okay, writing the example I found out what the actual problem is:
>>>
>>>
>>> In the minimal example the fixture *is* executed, before any test but
>>> *after* my test classes setup_method.
>>>
>>>
>>> I though expect that a session fixture is executed also before a classes
>>> setup_method (use case: fixture sets up DB, setup_method sets up some
>>> tables);
>>>
>>>
>>> Am I wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>> Jens
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/25/2014 01:18 PM, Anatoly Bubenkov wrote:
>>>
>>> please upload fully reproducable small example somewhere
>>> or, ideally, create a test and have a PR with it
>>>
>>> On 25 September 2014 13:14, Jens Hoffmann <jh at solute.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Yes, the directories test and test/module all contain a __init__.py;
>>>> sorry, that I didnt mention this important info.
>>>>
>>>> So from your question I guess that you expect py.test to find and
>>>> execute conftest.py in all the cases shown?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jens
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/25/2014 01:09 PM, Anatoly Bubenkov wrote:
>>>>
>>>> did you add __init__.py in all folders?
>>>>
>>>> On 25 September 2014 12:35, Jens Hoffmann <jh at solute.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> we are working with pytest 2.6.2 and I run into a problem with my
>>>>> conftest session fixture setup.
>>>>>
>>>>> My project structure looks something like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>> ├── project
>>>>> │ └── module
>>>>> │ └── foo.py
>>>>> └── test
>>>>> ├── conftest.py
>>>>> └── module
>>>>> └── test_foo.py
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> conftest.py contains a single fixture with scope="session" and
>>>>> autouse=True, setting up some database that is needed for every single
>>>>> unittest. So also test_foo.py depends on that database setup.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now some py.test runs:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ py.test
>>>>> => conftest.py called, database setup properly, tests pass
>>>>>
>>>>> $ py.test test/module
>>>>> => tests fail, fixture in conftest.py not executed
>>>>>
>>>>> $ py.test test/module/test_foo.py
>>>>> => tests fail, fixture in conftest.py not executed
>>>>>
>>>>> $ py.test -k MyTestClassContainedInTestFooDotPy
>>>>> => tests fail, fixture in conftest.py not executed
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Now my question/problem: Are all these outcoms expected behaviour? I
>>>>> hoped that all the runs would pass, that is execute my session fixture so
>>>>> that I wont need to always run my whole test suite.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your answer,
>>>>> Jens
>>>>>
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