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address issue416: clarify docs as to conftest.py loading semantics

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holger krekel
2014-01-23 15:25:01 +01:00
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@@ -177,9 +177,15 @@ Plugin discovery order at tool startup
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