Skip dependency check if pytest is called with -k switch about pytest-dependency HOT 5 CLOSED

Erm, why? Could you elaborate?

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Sure:
If I decide to test a specific function my_function (because I do some work on it), I expect the test to run.
Since -k does not let run the dependency, the test for my_function is not ran.
I expected the inverse.

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So, in your particular use case, the -k switch happens to run only one single test, but not its dependencies. You may add –ignore-unknown-dependency to the command line, this switch has specifically been added for this situation.

In other use cases, the -k switch might select many tests, including all dependencies. If in this case one of the dependency fails, the user would probably expect pytest-dependency to do its job and skip the dependent test.

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I have not been aware of the --ignore-unknown-dependency switch. Thanks for pointing that out.

In other use cases, the -k switch might select many tests, including all dependencies. If in this case one of the dependency fails, the user would probably expect pytest-dependency to do its job and skip the dependent test.

True.

Closing this issue. Resolved by learning about --ignore-unknown-dependency switch.

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Or would it be more intuitive to execute the dependency automatically (since the -k matched test would otherwise not run at all)?

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