How to tell py.test to skip certain directories?

Question

I tried to use the norecursedirs option inside setup.cfg to tell py.test not to collect tests from certain directories but it seems it does ignore it.

[tool:pyte         


        

Answer 1

If you are using setup.cfg, you have to use [tool:pytest] as per http://doc.pytest.org/en/latest/example/pythoncollection.html

# content of pytest.ini
# can also be defined in tox.ini or setup.cfg file, although the section
# name in setup.cfg files should be "tool:pytest"