test_ok1/changelog/7777.breaking.rst

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Added a new :class:`pytest.Directory` base collection node, which all collector nodes for filesystem directories are expected to subclass.
This is analogous to the existing :class:`pytest.File` for file nodes.
Changed :class:`pytest.Package` to be a subclass of :class:`pytest.Directory`.
A ``Package`` represents a filesystem directory which is a Python package,
i.e. contains an ``__init__.py`` file.
:class:`pytest.Package` now only collects files in its own directory; previously it collected recursively.
Sub-directories are collected as sub-collector nodes, thus creating a collection tree which mirrors the filesystem hierarchy.
Added a new :class:`pytest.Dir` concrete collection node, a subclass of :class:`pytest.Directory`.
This node represents a filesystem directory, which is not a :class:`pytest.Package`,
i.e. does not contain an ``__init__.py`` file.
Similarly to ``Package``, it only collects the files in its own directory,
while collecting sub-directories as sub-collector nodes.
Added a new hook :hook:`pytest_collect_directory`,
which is called by filesystem-traversing collector nodes,
such as :class:`pytest.Session`, :class:`pytest.Dir` and :class:`pytest.Package`,
to create a collector node for a sub-directory.
It is expected to return a subclass of :class:`pytest.Directory`.
This hook allows plugins to :ref:`customize the collection of directories <custom directory collectors>`.
:class:`pytest.Session` now only collects the initial arguments, without recursing into directories.
This work is now done by the :func:`recursive expansion process <pytest.Collector.collect>` of directory collector nodes.
:attr:`session.name <pytest.Session.name>` is now ``""``; previously it was the rootdir directory name.
This matches :attr:`session.nodeid <_pytest.nodes.Node.nodeid>` which has always been `""`.
Files and directories are now collected in alphabetical order jointly, unless changed by a plugin.
Previously, files were collected before directories.
The collection tree now contains directories/packages up to the :ref:`rootdir <rootdir>`,
for initial arguments that are found within the rootdir.
For files outside the rootdir, only the immediate directory/package is collected --
note however that collecting from outside the rootdir is discouraged.
As an example, given the following filesystem tree::
myroot/
pytest.ini
top/
├── aaa
│ └── test_aaa.py
├── test_a.py
├── test_b
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── test_b.py
├── test_c.py
└── zzz
├── __init__.py
└── test_zzz.py
the collection tree, as shown by `pytest --collect-only top/` but with the otherwise-hidden :class:`~pytest.Session` node added for clarity,
is now the following::
<Session>
<Dir myroot>
<Dir top>
<Dir aaa>
<Module test_aaa.py>
<Function test_it>
<Module test_a.py>
<Function test_it>
<Package test_b>
<Module test_b.py>
<Function test_it>
<Module test_c.py>
<Function test_it>
<Package zzz>
<Module test_zzz.py>
<Function test_it>
Previously, it was::
<Session>
<Module top/test_a.py>
<Function test_it>
<Module top/test_c.py>
<Function test_it>
<Module top/aaa/test_aaa.py>
<Function test_it>
<Package test_b>
<Module test_b.py>
<Function test_it>
<Package zzz>
<Module test_zzz.py>
<Function test_it>
Code/plugins which rely on a specific shape of the collection tree might need to update.