Pass command line arguments to nose via "python setup.py test"

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I have built a Python package which uses nose for testing. Therefore, setup.py contains:

..
test_suite='nose.collector',
tests_require=['nose'],
..

And python setup.py test works as expected:

running test
...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 3 tests in 0.065s

OK

Since I'm using Jenkins CI, I would like to output the nose results to JUnit XML format:

nosetests <package-name> --with-xunit --verbose

However, python setup.py test is far more elegant, and it installs the test requirements without having to build a virtual environment.

Is there a way to pass the --with-xunit (or any other parameter) to nose, when calling nose via python setup.py test?

TomDotTom · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-26 20:08:29Z

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You can set nosetests option using setup.cfg

For example in you setup.cfg

[nosetests]
with-xunit=1

answered Jan 26, 2017 at 20:08

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Tim D · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-05 12:33:53Z

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Nose provides its own setuptools command (nosetests) which accepts command line arguments:

python setup.py nosetests --with-xunit

answered Oct 5, 2016 at 12:33

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