Pass pytest config object to pytest_enter_pdb

CHANGELOG

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 * New `pytest.mark.skip` mark, which unconditional skips marked tests.
   Thanks Michael Aquilina for the complete PR.
 
+* `pytest_enter_pdb` now optionally receives the pytest config object.
+  Thanks Bruno Oliveira for the PR.
+
 2.8.2.dev
 ---------
 

_pytest/hookspec.py

@@ -290,5 +290,10 @@ def pytest_exception_interact(node, call, report):
     that is not an internal exception like "skip.Exception".
     """
 
-def pytest_enter_pdb():
-    """ called upon pdb.set_trace()"""
+def pytest_enter_pdb(config):
+    """ called upon pdb.set_trace(), can be used by plugins to take special
+    action just before the python debugger enters in interactive mode.
+
+    :arg config: pytest config object
+    :type config: _pytest.config.Config
+    """

_pytest/pdb.py

@@ -37,15 +37,14 @@ def set_trace(self):
         """ invoke PDB set_trace debugging, dropping any IO capturing. """
         import _pytest.config
         frame = sys._getframe().f_back
-        capman = None
         if self._pluginmanager is not None:
             capman = self._pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
             if capman:
                 capman.suspendcapture(in_=True)
             tw = _pytest.config.create_terminal_writer(self._config)
             tw.line()
             tw.sep(">", "PDB set_trace (IO-capturing turned off)")
-            self._pluginmanager.hook.pytest_enter_pdb()
+            self._pluginmanager.hook.pytest_enter_pdb(config=self._config)
         pdb.Pdb().set_trace(frame)
 
 

doc/en/writing_plugins.rst

@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ reporting or interaction with exceptions:
 .. autofunction:: pytest_internalerror
 .. autofunction:: pytest_keyboard_interrupt
 .. autofunction:: pytest_exception_interact
-
+.. autofunction:: pytest_enter_pdb
 
 
 Reference of objects involved in hooks

testing/test_pdb.py

@@ -275,8 +275,12 @@ def test_pdb_collection_failure_is_shown(self, testdir):
 
     def test_enter_pdb_hook_is_called(self, testdir):
         testdir.makeconftest("""
-            def pytest_enter_pdb():
+            def pytest_enter_pdb(config):
+                assert config.testing_verification == 'configured'
                 print 'enter_pdb_hook'
+
+            def pytest_configure(config):
+                config.testing_verification = 'configured'
         """)
         p1 = testdir.makepyfile("""
             import pytest