如何告诉 PyCharm 在测试文件而不是 doctests 上运行 pytest

Question

In the test suite of a module, some test_foo.py files have helper functions containing doctests patterns in their docstrings. This causes PyCharm to offer Debug 'Doctests in test_foo' when selecting a function inside that file and trying via context-menu to debug just that function. It doesn't matter whether that function is before any actual test_...() function or at the end of the file, the mere presence of a single docstring with a doctests pattern causes PyCharm to exhibit this behavior.

If I just change all the >>>... into />>>... for example (to cripple the doctests search), then the behavior is as expected for a test file: context-menu on a function offers Debug 'pytest for test_foo.test_function' .

Is there a way to tell PyCharm to prioritize pytest over doctests if both are feasible?

Answer 1

Try Run -> Run... menu option. The popup should have multiple choices including pytest

Please vote for the corresponding ticket in PyCharm's issue tracker https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-35985