Method parseconfig

src/_pytest/pytester.py:1192–1213

Return a new pytest Config instance from given commandline args. This invokes the pytest bootstrapping code in _pytest.config to create a new :py:class:`_pytest.core.PluginManager` and call the pytest_cmdline_parse hook to create a new :py:class:`pytest.Config` insta

(self, *args: Union[str, "os.PathLike[str]"])

        return new_args

    def parseconfig(self, *args: Union[str, "os.PathLike[str]"]) -> Config:
        """Return a new pytest Config instance from given commandline args.

        This invokes the pytest bootstrapping code in _pytest.config to create
        a new :py:class:`_pytest.core.PluginManager` and call the
        pytest_cmdline_parse hook to create a new
        :py:class:`pytest.Config` instance.

        If :py:attr:`plugins` has been populated they should be plugin modules
        to be registered with the PluginManager.
        """
        import _pytest.config

        new_args = self._ensure_basetemp(args)
        new_args = [str(x) for x in new_args]

        config = _pytest.config._prepareconfig(new_args, self.plugins)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
        # we don't know what the test will do with this half-setup config
        # object and thus we make sure it gets unconfigured properly in any
        # case (otherwise capturing could still be active, for example)
        self._request.addfinalizer(config._ensure_unconfigure)
        return config

    def parseconfigure(self, *args: Union[str, "os.PathLike[str]"]) -> Config:
        """Return a new pytest configured Config instance.