Merge pull request #4208 from nicoddemus/pytestskip-docs-4206

Remove pytest.config example from skipping at module level docs
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@ -58,18 +58,20 @@ by calling the ``pytest.skip(reason)`` function:
if not valid_config():
pytest.skip("unsupported configuration")
The imperative method is useful when it is not possible to evaluate the skip condition
during import time.
It is also possible to skip the whole module using
``pytest.skip(reason, allow_module_level=True)`` at the module level:
.. code-block:: python
import sys
import pytest
if not pytest.config.getoption("--custom-flag"):
pytest.skip("--custom-flag is missing, skipping tests", allow_module_level=True)
if not sys.platform.startswith("win"):
pytest.skip("skipping windows-only tests", allow_module_level=True)
The imperative method is useful when it is not possible to evaluate the skip condition
during import time.
**Reference**: :ref:`pytest.mark.skip ref`