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

Fri Sep 26 23:17:07 CEST 2014

+1 probably the simplest in this case

On 26 September 2014 23:15, Floris Bruynooghe <flub at devork.be> wrote:

> 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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