Cannot mark directory as source in PyCharm

Question

I tried to mark the directory as the root of the test sources in PyCharm, so I do not need to manually set the destination directory for my generated test file every time. When I right-clicked my "tests" directory, I only see the following four options:

Mark the directory as: 1. Source root 2. Template folder 3. Excluded 4. Resource root

I remember how it was done in Intellij for Java, but is it impossible for PyCharm?

Answer 1

Do the following:

1. Mark the directory as "sources".
2. Close PyCharm.
3. Open the <project root>/.idea/<projectname>.iml in a text editor.
4. Find "isTestSource =" for the respective directories and change it from "false" to "true".
5. Open PyCharm.

Answer 2

To simplify the user interface, the test source root configuration parameter is not displayed in the PyCharm user interface.

Answer 3

In PyCharm 2017.1.3
On the test toolbar, click change configurations , then you can set the working directory by default, this will be used by each test at the first start.

Hope this helps!