runtests.py

#! /usr/bin/env python3
import sys

import pytest


def split_class_and_function(string):
    class_string, function_string = string.split('.', 1)
    return "%s and %s" % (class_string, function_string)


def is_function(string):
    # `True` if it looks like a test function is included in the string.
    return string.startswith('test_') or '.test_' in string


def is_class(string):
    # `True` if first character is uppercase - assume it's a class name.
    return string[0] == string[0].upper()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        pytest_args = sys.argv[1:]
        first_arg = pytest_args[0]

        try:
            pytest_args.remove('--coverage')
        except ValueError:
            pass
        else:
            pytest_args = [
                '--cov', '.',
                '--cov-report', 'xml',
            ] + pytest_args

        if first_arg.startswith('-'):
            # `runtests.py [flags]`
            pytest_args = ['tests'] + pytest_args
        elif is_class(first_arg) and is_function(first_arg):
            # `runtests.py TestCase.test_function [flags]`
            expression = split_class_and_function(first_arg)
            pytest_args = ['tests', '-k', expression] + pytest_args[1:]
        elif is_class(first_arg) or is_function(first_arg):
            # `runtests.py TestCase [flags]`
            # `runtests.py test_function [flags]`
            pytest_args = ['tests', '-k', pytest_args[0]] + pytest_args[1:]
    else:
        pytest_args = []

    sys.exit(pytest.main(pytest_args))