pytest.main() modifies current working directory

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Originally reported by: eduardo schettino (BitBucket: schettino72, GitHub: schettino72)

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The value of os.getcwd() is changed after I call pytest.main().

I guess it would be better if pytest restored the original value...

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/pytest-dev/pytest/issue/39

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Original comment by Ronny Pfannschmidt (BitBucket: RonnyPfannschmidt, GitHub: RonnyPfannschmidt):

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can you give a working minimal example, as far as i can tell there is no place in the current code that does chdir outside of the pytester plugin which is only ueful for pytest plugin acceptance tests

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Original comment by eduardo schettino (BitBucket: schettino72, GitHub: schettino72):

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I am sorry for the noise. my own test was messing up with the cwd.