From 0128f1351ab45b2413555f1e31964bbae95f4e8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devon Rueckner <devon@learningequality.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 18:48:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] run pytest using a temp home directory

---
 .gitignore            |  1 +
 kolibri/conftest.py   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 pytest.ini            |  3 +++
 requirements/test.txt |  1 +
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 kolibri/conftest.py

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32c01fefa0e..c6a10c2e2a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ build_tools/crowdin-cli.jar
 
 # Ignore pytest cache directory
 .pytest_cache/
+.pytest_kolibri_home
 
 # ignore source font files
 *.ttf
diff --git a/kolibri/conftest.py b/kolibri/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..666fa073c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kolibri/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import os
+import shutil
+
+import pytest
+
+# referenced in pytest.ini
+TEMP_KOLIBRI_HOME = "./.pytest_kolibri_home"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
+def global_fixture():
+    yield  # wait until the test ended
+    if os.path.exists(TEMP_KOLIBRI_HOME):
+        shutil.rmtree(TEMP_KOLIBRI_HOME)
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index e2f44abf5ac..fb814f8f029 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ django_find_project = false
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = kolibri.deployment.default.settings.test
 # Settings for pytest-pythonpath
 python_paths = kolibri/dist
+env =
+    # cleaned up in conftest.py fixture
+    KOLIBRI_HOME=./.pytest_kolibri_home
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 36b1f2d3c81..e3ace977899 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ mixer==6.0.1
 pytest==3.7.1 # pyup: < 4.0.0
 pytest-cov==2.5.1
 pytest-django==3.3.3
+pytest-env==0.6.2
 pytest-pythonpath==0.7.2
 sh==1.12.14