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doc/writing_plugins: correct inaccuracies re. initial conftest loading

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Ran Benita 2024-01-18 21:37:42 +02:00
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@ -46,24 +46,18 @@ Plugin discovery order at tool startup
5. by loading all plugins specified through the :envvar:`PYTEST_PLUGINS` environment variable.
6. by loading all :file:`conftest.py` files as inferred by the command line
invocation:
6. by loading all "initial ":file:`conftest.py` files:
- if no test paths are specified, use the 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. After the ``conftest.py``
file is loaded, load all plugins specified in its
:globalvar:`pytest_plugins` variable if present.
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.
7. by recursively loading all plugins specified by the
:globalvar:`pytest_plugins` variable in ``conftest.py`` files.
- determine the test paths: specified on the command line, otherwise in
:confval:`testpaths` if defined and running from the rootdir, otherwise the
current dir
- for each test path, load ``conftest.py`` and ``test*/conftest.py`` relative
to the directory part of the test path, if exist. Before a ``conftest.py``
file is loaded, load ``conftest.py`` files in all of its parent directories.
After a ``conftest.py`` file is loaded, recursively load all plugins specified
in its :globalvar:`pytest_plugins` variable if present.
.. _`pytest/plugin`: http://bitbucket.org/pytest-dev/pytest/src/tip/pytest/plugin/
.. _`conftest.py plugins`:
.. _`localplugin`:
.. _`local conftest plugins`:
@ -108,9 +102,9 @@ Here is how you might run it::
See also: :ref:`pythonpath`.
.. note::
Some hooks should be implemented only in plugins or conftest.py files situated at the
tests root directory due to how pytest discovers plugins during startup,
see the documentation of each hook for details.
Some hooks cannot be implemented in conftest.py files which are not
:ref:`initial <pluginorder>` due to how pytest discovers plugins during
startup. See the documentation of each hook for details.
Writing your own plugin
-----------------------