pytest hook reference - pytest_cmdline_preparse deprecated

[buddhadev]

pytest documentation mentions that pytest_cmdline_preparse hook will be deprecated.

Reference:

https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/writing_plugins.html#_pytest.hookspec.pytest_cmdline_preparse

Question

What is the alternative to this hook moving forward?

[pytestbot]

GitMate.io thinks the contributor most likely able to help you is @nicoddemus.

[nicoddemus]

I don't know so I dug around a little, it seems that deprecation was introduced in db6f347 with the introduction of pytest_load_initial_conftests, so I would recommend using that instead.

[buddhadev]

Thanks @nicoddemus !

[Sup3rGeo]

@nicoddemus the documentation uses pytest_cmdline_preparse in one example:

https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/simple.html#dynamically-adding-command-line-options

Should it be updated to use pytest_load_initial_conftests ?

[nicoddemus]

Definitely @Sup3rGeo, thanks for noticing. Opened #3417 for it.

[Apteryks]

Unfortunately pytest_load_initial_conftests doesn't work from inside conftest.py, so it's not an exact replacement.