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Fixed --pyargs not finding modules in the current directory when running pytest from a subdirectory #14084

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Fixes: #14048

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This is a breaking change for various intents

The expectation is editable installs to make it work

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rahuldevikar commented Jan 3, 2026

Thanks @RonnyPfannschmidt for taking a look at this PR. Can you expand on this a bit more?

The expectation is editable installs to make it work

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RonnyPfannschmidt commented Jan 3, 2026

To ensure consistent importing one is supposed to actually install the package

Either editable or for reals

Both version are necessary in practice and would get derailed with naive path manipulation

The proposal to make this explicit is called testroots

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