CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonpycharmpytest
Vrokipal
Vrokipal

Reputation: 824

Is there a PyCharm-based workflow for sharing run/test configurations?

Chris and Pat collaborate on a Python project. The source code is under version control. They each choose their own checkout location on their respective drives. The collaborative application resides in <root>/app.py.

They both use PyCharm, and since the .idea folders on their checkout drives have some amount of effort invested, they are reluctant not to check it into the repository.

Yet because the checkout locations are distinct, they cannot share one .idea folder. They have resolved the problem by storing their .idea folders in <root>/pycharm/chris/.idea and <root>/pycharm/pat/.idea. Both folders are checked into the repository. They can go home with the confidence that if their desktops' disks fail, the effort they spent on their PyCharm configuration is safe.

But something is missing. They write (pytest-based) tests for their own respective subsets of the code, and they would like to share those tests.

Is there a workflow, from within PyCharm or without, that enables them to work on a unified set of test configurations? I may be missing something basic. It may be the case, for example, that they ought to make an effort to checkout into exactly the same paths, as well as to use venvs located at exactly the same paths, and share the same .idea all the way. If you've found that that's the only sensible solution, arguing for it would also be an answer.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 109

Answers (2)

ruohola
ruohola

Reputation: 24038

They should just have one .idea file in the git repo and .gitignore the parts they want to keep unique to their systems.

They can also mark a given Run Configuration as "sharable" by enabling "Share" option in it (top right corner of the configuration window). This way it will be stored in .idea/runConfigurations.

Upvotes: 1

SilentGuy
SilentGuy

Reputation: 2203

You can check in pytest related configuration in git. Pytest configurations can be stored in pytest.ini file which can be version controlled.

pytest.ini file should be at the root of pytest tests directory. Pytest would pick all the test run configuration at the time of test run from that file.

Example config for increasing pytest log verbosity:

#pytest.ini
[pytest]
addopts= -vv

Documentation here: https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference.html#ini-options-ref

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions