Using File-Based Exclusion List

The --exclude-dir-file= option can be used to pass in a predefined list of directories contained within a file. pynose-exclude expects each directory to be excluded to be on its own line.

Example:

$ pynose --exclude-dir-file=test_dirs/exclude_dirs.txt \
    test_dirs
....
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Ran 4 tests in 0.006s

OK

where exclude_dirs.txt might look like:

test_dirs/build
# Start a line with a '#' to include
# Comments
test_dirs/test_not_me

Excluding Specific Test Methods and Classes

Tests can now be excluded by specifying their fully qualified test paths. Tests can be excluded using either --exclude-test or --exclude-test-file.

To exclude test methods:

--exclude-test=module1.module2.TestClass.test_method

To exclude test classes:

--exclude-test=module1.module2.TestClass

To exclude test functions:

--exclude-test=module1.module2.test_function

Using Environment Variables

--exclude-dir= and --exclude-test= can be set by the environment variables PYNOSE_EXCLUDE_DIRS and PYNOSE_EXCLUDE_TESTS respectively. Multiple exclude paths may be entered by separating them using a ;. The environment variable PYNOSE_EXCLUDE_DIRS_FILE when set to the path of a file-based exclusion list functions as though it were passed in with --exclude-dir-file=.