pytest 8.0.0 now collects all files in current directory even if you specify test files

[sshane]

After 385796b, pytest sends all files in the current directory to every plugin's pytest_collect_file hook, even if you are only wanting to run/collect tests from one file. If you have pytest-cpp installed, it means it executes all executable files in the current directory, which isn't desired behavior at all, or at least unexpected.

safety/
  test_toyota.py
  test_coverage.sh  # shouldn't be run

pytest test_toyota.py -> runs test_coverage.sh (which in my case is long running and runs another pytest causing a recursive loop)

Now, this isn't because of pytest per se, but the pytest-cpp plugin which runs all executable files with --help to discover if it's a certain test suite file. If this new behavior of collecting every file, despite specifying your file filter is intentional, we can close this.

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A worse case is just:

safety/
  test_toyota.py
  test.sh

where test.sh has a pytest command inside it with some extra setup:

pytest -n auto test_*.py -k 'not Base'

currently, it will recursively run itself with pytest-cpp installed.

[bluetech]

This is something I am planning to fix for the 8.1.x timeframe. Closing as duplicate of #11904.