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

[Anatoly Bubenkov]

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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