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Improve docs about plugin discovery/loading at startup 

Fix #7691
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Bruno Oliveira 2020-09-12 14:11:43 -03:00
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@ -33,26 +33,34 @@ Plugin discovery order at tool startup
``pytest`` loads plugin modules at tool startup in the following way:
* by loading all builtin plugins
1. by scanning the command line for the ``-p no:name`` option
and *blocking* that plugin from being loaded (even builtin plugins can
be blocked this way). This happens before normal command-line parsing.
* by loading all plugins registered through `setuptools entry points`_.
2. by loading all builtin plugins.
* by pre-scanning the command line for the ``-p name`` option
and loading the specified plugin before actual command line parsing.
3. by scanning the command line for the ``-p name`` option
and loading the specified plugin. This happens before normal command-line parsing.
* by loading all :file:`conftest.py` files as inferred by the command line
4. by loading all plugins registered through `setuptools entry points`_.
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:
- if no test paths are specified use 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.
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.
* by recursively loading all plugins specified by the
:globalvar:`pytest_plugins` variable in ``conftest.py`` files
7. by recursively loading all plugins specified by the
:globalvar:`pytest_plugins` variable in ``conftest.py`` files.
.. _`pytest/plugin`: http://bitbucket.org/pytest-dev/pytest/src/tip/pytest/plugin/