Add the progress_display_mode ini option

changelog/3829.feature.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added the `progress_display_mode` ini option to enable displaying the progress as a count instead of a percentage.

src/_pytest/terminal.py

@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         default="progress",
     )
 
+    parser.addini(
+        "progress_display_mode",
+        help="Controls how to show the test progress (percentage|count)",
+        default="percentage",
+    )
+
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
     reporter = TerminalReporter(config, sys.stdout)
@@ -426,10 +432,18 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
         if self.config.getoption("capture") == "no":
             return ""
         collected = self._session.testscollected
-        if collected:
+        if self.config.getini("progress_display_mode") == "count":
-            progress = len(self._progress_nodeids_reported) * 100 // collected
+            if collected:
-            return " [{:3d}%]".format(progress)
+                progress = self._progress_nodeids_reported
-        return " [100%]"
+                counter_format = "{{:{}d}}".format(len(str(collected)))
+                format_string = "[ {} / {{}} ]".format(counter_format)
+                return format_string.format(len(progress), collected)
+            return " [ {} / {} ]".format(collected, collected)
+        else:
+            if collected:
+                progress = len(self._progress_nodeids_reported) * 100 // collected
+                return " [{:3d}%]".format(progress)
+            return " [100%]"
 
     def _write_progress_information_filling_space(self):
         msg = self._get_progress_information_message()

testing/test_terminal.py

@@ -1143,6 +1143,21 @@ class TestProgress(object):
             ]
         )
 
+    def test_count(self, many_tests_files, testdir):
+        testdir.makeini(
+            """
+            [pytest]
+            progress_display_mode = count
+        """)
+        output = testdir.runpytest()
+        output.stdout.re_match_lines(
+            [
+                r"test_bar.py \.{10} \s+ \[ 10 / 20 \]",
+                r"test_foo.py \.{5} \s+ \[ 15 / 20 \]",
+                r"test_foobar.py \.{5} \s+ \[ 20 / 20 \]",
+            ]
+        )
+
     def test_verbose(self, many_tests_files, testdir):
         output = testdir.runpytest("-v")
         output.stdout.re_match_lines(
@@ -1153,11 +1168,31 @@ class TestProgress(object):
             ]
         )
 
+    def test_verbose_count(self, many_tests_files, testdir):
+        testdir.makeini(
+            """
+            [pytest]
+            progress_display_mode = count
+        """)
+        output = testdir.runpytest("-v")
+        output.stdout.re_match_lines(
+            [
+                r"test_bar.py::test_bar\[0\] PASSED \s+ \[  1 / 20 \]",
+                r"test_foo.py::test_foo\[4\] PASSED \s+ \[ 15 / 20 \]",
+                r"test_foobar.py::test_foobar\[4\] PASSED \s+ \[ 20 / 20 \]",
+            ]
+        )
+
     def test_xdist_normal(self, many_tests_files, testdir):
         pytest.importorskip("xdist")
         output = testdir.runpytest("-n2")
         output.stdout.re_match_lines([r"\.{20} \s+ \[100%\]"])
 
+    def test_xdist_normal(self, many_tests_files, testdir):
+        pytest.importorskip("xdist")
+        output = testdir.runpytest("-n2")
+        output.stdout.re_match_lines([r"\.{20} \s+ \[ 20 / 20 \]"])
+
     def test_xdist_verbose(self, many_tests_files, testdir):
         pytest.importorskip("xdist")
         output = testdir.runpytest("-n2", "-v")