generate_reference_files

ip_manager.testing.generate_reference_files(path='', match_tests='')

Generate or regenerate the reference files for the specified ComponentReferenceTest tests.

Parameters

path: string

Optional, test directory or test module in which to discover tests. If empty, the directory of the calling script is used, or the current working directory (cwd) when executed from a python console or commandline.

match_tests: string

Optional, a filter expression to specify or limit the tests to run. Accepts any string that pytest -k accepts.

Returns

The console output of the regeneration

Notes

This function is a shorthand for running pytest.main([path, "--regenerate", "-k", match_tests]) in the current python process.