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diff --git a/filesystems/py-pyfakefs/pkg-descr b/filesystems/py-pyfakefs/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4e82fbb5cd45 --- /dev/null +++ b/filesystems/py-pyfakefs/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +pyfakefs implements a fake file system that mocks the Python file system +modules. Using pyfakefs, your tests operate on a fake file system in memory +without touching the real disk. The software under test requires no modification +to work with pyfakefs. + +Pyfakefs creates a new empty in-memory file system at each test start, which +replaces the real filesystem during the test. Think of pyfakefs as making a +per-test temporary directory, except for an entire file system. + +There are several means to achieve this: by using the fs fixture if running +pytest, by using fake_filesystem_unittest.TestCase as a base class if using +unittest, by using a fake_filesystem_unittest.Patcher instance as a context +manager, or by using the patchfs decorator. |