Merge pull request #1207 from The-Compiler/no-tests-run

Fix terminal output if no tests were run.

CHANGELOG

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 - fix #1204: another error when collecting with a nasty __getattr__().
   Thanks Florian Bruhin for the PR.
 
+- fix the summary printed when no tests did run.
+  Thanks Florian Bruhin for the PR.
+
 2.8.3
 -----
 

_pytest/terminal.py

@@ -544,7 +544,11 @@ def build_summary_stats_line(stats):
         if val:
             key_name = key_translation.get(key, key)
             parts.append("%d %s" % (len(val), key_name))
-    line = ", ".join(parts)
+
+    if parts:
+        line = ", ".join(parts)
+    else:
+        line = "no tests run"
 
     if 'failed' in stats or 'error' in stats:
         color = 'red'

testing/test_terminal.py

@@ -779,10 +779,10 @@ def test_terminal_summary(testdir):
     ("green", "1 passed, 1 xpassed", {"xpassed": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),
 
     # Likewise if no tests were found at all
-    ("yellow", "", {}),
+    ("yellow", "no tests run", {}),
 
     # Test the empty-key special case
-    ("yellow", "", {"": (1,)}),
+    ("yellow", "no tests run", {"": (1,)}),
     ("green", "1 passed", {"": (1,), "passed": (1,)}),