Document doctest fixture pitfalls

2018-12-05 11:25:52 +02:00
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@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ which can then be used in your doctests directly::
        """
        pass

+Note that like the normal ``conftest.py``, the fixtures are discovered in the directory tree conftest is in.
+Meaning that if you put your doctest with your source code, the relevant conftest.py needs to be in the same directory tree.
+Fixtures will not be discovered in a sibling directory tree!

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