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Merge pull request #10549 from yusuke-kadowaki/more_doc_update 

Documentation update for the tmp_path configurations
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@ -131,10 +131,13 @@ The default base temporary directory
Temporary directories are by default created as sub-directories of
the system temporary directory. The base name will be ``pytest-NUM`` where
``NUM`` will be incremented with each test run. Moreover, entries older
than 3 temporary directories will be removed.
``NUM`` will be incremented with each test run.
By default, only the directories of failed tests will be kept.
Also only the last 3 directries will remain at most.
This behavior can be configured with :confval:`tmp_path_retention_count` and
:confval:`tmp_path_retention_policy`.
The number of entries currently cannot be changed, but using the ``--basetemp``
Using the ``--basetemp``
option will remove the directory before every run, effectively meaning the temporary directories
of only the most recent run will be kept.

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src/_pytest/tmpdir.py
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@ -267,8 +267,10 @@ def tmp_path(
directory.
By default, a new base temporary directory is created each test session,
and old bases are removed after 3 sessions, to aid in debugging. If
``--basetemp`` is used then it is cleared each session. See :ref:`base
and only the base of failed session is kept. Also it only keeps the last 3 bases
at most. This can be configured with :confval:`tmp_path_retention_count` and
:confval:`tmp_path_retention_policy`.
If ``--basetemp`` is used then it is cleared each session. See :ref:`base
temporary directory`.
The returned object is a :class:`pathlib.Path` object.