Can i configure pytest to ignore directories when it's running with --looponfail option?

pytest, python

Solution

`looponfailroots` now solves this problem. Put this in your `setup.cfg`:

[tool:pytest]
looponfailroots=mylib

Problem

I have a directory with a unittest-module and a `logs`-directory where debug-informations are written. since I use the `-f` / `--looponfail` option, I need changes in the `logs`-directory to be ignored. ``` tests$ ls logs __pycache__ pytest.ini test_basic.py tests$ cat pytest.ini [pytest] norecursedirs = logs python_files = test_*.py tests$ py.test -h (...) [pytest] ini-options in the next pytest.ini|tox.ini|setup.cfg file: markers (linelist) markers for test functions norecursedirs (args) directory patterns to avoid for recursion usefixtures (args) list of default fixtures to be used with this project python_files (args) glob-style file patterns for Python test module discovery python_classes (args) prefixes for Python test class discovery python_functions (args) prefixes for Python test function and method discovery addopts (args) extra command line options minversion (string) minimally required pytest version rsyncdirs (pathlist) list of (relative) paths to be rsynced for remote distributed testing. rsyncignore (pathlist) list of (relative) glob-style paths to be ignored for rsyncing. looponfailroots (pathlist) directories to check for changes ``` Eventually the failing test is invoked in a loop, because changes in `logs/test_basic.log` are monitored and I wonder why this is so. The documentation seems clear to me.

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