rather named the new hook cmdline_preparse

_pytest/config.py

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class Config(object):
         self._setinitialconftest(args)
         self.pluginmanager.do_addoption(self._parser)
         if addopts:
-            self.hook.pytest_cmdline_processargs(config=self, args=args)
+            self.hook.pytest_cmdline_preparse(config=self, args=args)
 
     def _checkversion(self):
         minver = self.inicfg.get('minversion', None)

_pytest/hookspec.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def pytest_cmdline_parse(pluginmanager, args):
     """return initialized config object, parsing the specified args. """
 pytest_cmdline_parse.firstresult = True
 
-def pytest_cmdline_processargs(config, args):
+def pytest_cmdline_preparse(config, args):
     """modify command line arguments before option parsing. """
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):

doc/example/simple.txt

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ the command line arguments before they get processed::
 
     # content of conftest.py
     import sys
-    def pytest_cmdline_processargs(args):
+    def pytest_cmdline_preparse(args):
         if 'xdist' in sys.modules: # pytest-xdist plugin
             import multiprocessing
             num = max(multiprocessing.cpu_count() / 2, 1)

doc/plugins.txt

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ initialisation, command line and configuration hooks
 
 .. currentmodule:: _pytest.hookspec
 
-.. autofunction:: pytest_cmdline_processargs
+.. autofunction:: pytest_cmdline_preparse
 .. autofunction:: pytest_cmdline_parse
 .. autofunction:: pytest_namespace
 .. autofunction:: pytest_addoption

pytest.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 unit and functional testing with Python.
 """
-__version__ = '2.0.1.dev4'
+__version__ = '2.0.1.dev5'
 __all__ = ['main']
 
 from _pytest.core import main, UsageError, _preloadplugins

setup.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main():
         name='pytest',
         description='py.test: simple powerful testing with Python',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version='2.0.1.dev4',
+        version='2.0.1.dev5',
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],

testing/test_config.py

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def test_plugin_preparse_prevents_setuptools_loading(testdir, monkeypatch):
 
 def test_cmdline_processargs_simple(testdir):
     testdir.makeconftest("""
-        def pytest_cmdline_processargs(args):
+        def pytest_cmdline_preparse(args):
             args.append("-h")
     """)
     result = testdir.runpytest()