changing Python test discovery patterns
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You can influence python test file, function and class prefixes through
the :confval:`python_patterns` configuration valueto determine which
files are checked and which test functions are found.  Example for using
a scheme that builds on ``check`` rather than on ``test`` prefixes::


    # content of setup.cfg
    [pytest]
    python_patterns =
        files: check_*.py
        functions: check_
        classes: Check

See 
    :confval:`python_funcprefixes` and :confval:`python_classprefixes`


    changing test file discovery
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    You can specify patterns where python tests are found::
     
        python_testfilepatterns =
            testing/**/{purebasename}.py
            testing/*.py

    .. note::

       conftest.py files are never considered for test discovery