Specifying test .py files relative to pytest.ini file.

[julian-smith-artifex-com]

I'm using norecursedirs to exclude various subdirectories when pytest searches for test files.

However there may be new subdirectories to exclude in future, so i'd prefer to anchor python_files at the root of my project (or at the directory containing pytest.ini) so that it will always work without me having to add new exclusions.

Is this possible?

For example a syntax like python_files = ^tests/test_*.py would be really helpful.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[BTW i've tried testspaths and testpaths, but they don't seem to avoid the need for norecursedirs.