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.

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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"

Answer 2

You can use

py.test -k 'not third'

that excludes all 'third' directory contents.

Answer 3

To use pytest.ini (which is recommended, unless you're using tox in which case tox.ini would make sense), call pytest with pytest -c pytest.ini.

In order to prevent my sample not_me_1.py and not_me_2.py from being tested or linted, my pytest.ini is as follows:

[pytest]
addopts = --ignore-glob=not_me_*

[pycodestyle]
ignore = not_me_* ALL

Answer 4

norecursedirs should work. Check whether you have a pytest.ini or other setup.cfg files. How are you invoking py.test?

Answer 5

If you have several directories with different parents you can specify different --ignore parameters:

py.test --ignore=somedir --ignore=otherdir --ignore=etcdir

• new option: --ignore will prevent specified path from collection.
  Can be specified multiple times.

Answer 6

py.test --ignore=somedir worked for me