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| -rw-r--r-- | src/_pytest/tmpdir.py | 10 |
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diff --git a/src/_pytest/tmpdir.py b/src/_pytest/tmpdir.py index e62d08db5..08c445e2b 100644 --- a/src/_pytest/tmpdir.py +++ b/src/_pytest/tmpdir.py @@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ def tmpdir(tmp_path: Path) -> py.path.local: function invocation, created as a sub directory of the base temporary directory. + By default, a new base temporary directory is created each test session, + and old bases are removed after 3 sessions, to aid in debugging. If + ``--basetemp`` is used then it is cleared each session. See :ref:`base + temporary directory`. + The returned object is a `py.path.local`_ path object. .. _`py.path.local`: https://py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/path.html @@ -212,6 +217,11 @@ def tmp_path(request: FixtureRequest, tmp_path_factory: TempPathFactory) -> Path function invocation, created as a sub directory of the base temporary directory. + By default, a new base temporary directory is created each test session, + and old bases are removed after 3 sessions, to aid in debugging. If + ``--basetemp`` is used then it is cleared each session. See :ref:`base + temporary directory`. + The returned object is a :class:`pathlib.Path` object. """ |