pytest __init__.py collects another file in the directory #8976
Description
I run pytest __init__.py by mistake, but it unexpectedly succeeded. pytest __init__.py seems collecting the tests in the first file in the directory instead. It's neither equivalent with pytest . nor "collected 0 items".
environment
pytest 6.2.4
python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version)'
3.9.6 (default, Jul 21 2021, 18:55:59)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.16)]
pip list
Package Version
---------- -------
attrs 21.2.0
iniconfig 1.1.1
packaging 21.0
pip 21.2.2
pluggy 0.13.1
py 1.10.0
pyparsing 2.4.7
pytest 6.2.4
setuptools 56.0.0
toml 0.10.2
minimal example
% COLUMNS=80 pytest -v foo_tests/__init__.py
============================= test session starts ==============================
platform darwin -- Python 3.9.6, pytest-6.2.4, py-1.10.0, pluggy-0.13.1 -- /Users/tos/.pyenv/versions/3.9.6/envs/pytestnewissue/bin/python3.9
cachedir: .pytest_cache
rootdir: /Users/tos/Documents/tmp/20210804
collected 2 items
foo_tests/test_a.py::test_a1 PASSED [ 50%]
foo_tests/test_a.py::test_a2 PASSED [100%]
============================== 2 passed in 0.01s ===============================
with the following files.
foo_tests/__init__.py: empty file
foo_tests/test_a.py
def test_a1():
pass
def test_a2():
passfoo_tests/test_b.py
def test_b1():
pass
def test_b2():
pass