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Cannot run doctests on a single rst file with --test-path option

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I used to be able to run the doctests in a single rst file using the test runner -t (--test-path) option, e.g.:

python setup.py test -t docs/overview.rst

Unexpectedly, this command now runs all of the doctests. The -t option still works as expected for a single python module.

Also, the -t option states that it “May also be an absolute path”. When I used an absolute path to an rst file, I got “ERROR: not found (no name ‘<fullpath>’ in any of [])”. When I used an absolute path to a py file, I got two KeyErrors from pytest.

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Created 5 years ago
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drdavellacommented, Nov 1, 2018

To make sure @larrybradley retains primacy in this vital matter, I need to admit that he told me about it last week and I forgot to pursue it then. Sorry to steal your hipster cred, @eteq.

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bsipoczcommented, Oct 30, 2018

Chances are 100% if you open a PR and tests pass.

and the tests for downstream packages using the astropy test runner 😉

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