PATH issue with pytest 'ImportError: No module named YadaYadaYada'

Question

I used easy_install to install pytest on a mac and started writing tests for a project with a file structure likes so:

repo/
repo/app.py
repo/settings.py
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Answer 1

Yes, the source folder is not in Python's path if you cd to the tests directory.

You have 2 choices:

1. Add the path manually to the test files, something like this:

   import sys, os
   myPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
   sys.path.insert(0, myPath + '/../')
   

2. Run the tests with the env var PYTHONPATH=../.