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authorDaniel Hahler <git@thequod.de>2020-02-28 19:41:56 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-02-28 19:41:56 +0100
commit5819536f00ace91660c95ef7d65ff1c425a7b5b8 (patch)
treeadd5924091652e78dffd5c8a72edab3f0fe6386f /testing/test_config.py
parent952cab2d85416667cd016205ba304db70594b057 (diff)
downloadpytest-5819536f00ace91660c95ef7d65ff1c425a7b5b8.tar.gz
Improve UsageError with invalid `-o` style (#6795)
This started from fixing the test, where `"xdist_strict True"` was used as a single argument, although you typically would see `["xdist_strict", "True"]`. Improves the error message to mention the option that caused the error.
Diffstat (limited to 'testing/test_config.py')
-rw-r--r--testing/test_config.py8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/testing/test_config.py b/testing/test_config.py
index c446a4141..be728c0fc 100644
--- a/testing/test_config.py
+++ b/testing/test_config.py
@@ -1089,8 +1089,12 @@ class TestOverrideIniArgs:
xdist_strict=False
"""
)
- result = testdir.runpytest("--override-ini", "xdist_strict True", "-s")
- result.stderr.fnmatch_lines(["*ERROR* *expects option=value*"])
+ result = testdir.runpytest("--override-ini", "xdist_strict", "True")
+ result.stderr.fnmatch_lines(
+ [
+ "ERROR: -o/--override-ini expects option=value style (got: 'xdist_strict').",
+ ]
+ )
@pytest.mark.parametrize("with_ini", [True, False])
def test_override_ini_handled_asap(self, testdir, with_ini):