From 757676dc04a30fff5d21b8b4559b379249f8249e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Franz=20P=C3=B6schel?= <franz.poeschel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:45:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add OPENPMD_PYTHON_TEST_PREFIX environment variable (#1691)

This makes it easier to select specific tests to run from Unittest.py
---
 test/python/unittest/Test.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/python/unittest/Test.py b/test/python/unittest/Test.py
index 081d9eabf7..b194f7d77e 100644
--- a/test/python/unittest/Test.py
+++ b/test/python/unittest/Test.py
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@
 
 # Define the test suite.
 def suite():
+    test_loader = unittest.TestLoader()
+    env_name = "OPENPMD_PYTHON_TEST_PREFIX"
+    from os import environ
+    if env_name in environ:
+        test_loader.testMethodPrefix = environ[env_name]
     suites = [
-        unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(testCaseClass=APITest),
+        test_loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(testCaseClass=APITest),
     ]
 
     return unittest.TestSuite(suites)