Warn about --basetemp removing the entire directory (#7555)

Co-authored-by: mattreex <mattreex.9@gail.com>
Co-authored-by: Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus@gmail.com>
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Mattreex 2020-07-29 09:58:18 -05:00 committed by Bruno Oliveira
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@ -192,8 +192,13 @@ You can override the default temporary directory setting like this:
pytest --basetemp=mydir
When distributing tests on the local machine, ``pytest`` takes care to
configure a basetemp directory for the sub processes such that all temporary
.. warning::
The contents of ``mydir`` will be completely removed, so make sure to use a directory
for that purpose only.
When distributing tests on the local machine using ``pytest-xdist``, care is taken to
automatically configure a basetemp directory for the sub processes such that all temporary
data lands below a single per-test run basetemp directory.
.. _`py.path.local`: https://py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/path.html