Setting a variable from the child conftest to the upper conftest

[redsox10]

Hey, guys. So I have this scenario where I would really appreciate some help.

Here is a mock example:

├──parent
│  ├──test1dir
│  │  ├  conftest.py
│  │  ├  test_1.py
│  ├  conftest.py

# parent/test1dir/conftest.py
def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
    do_something(item, local_fixt())
    # --> somehow set global_var in parent conftest <--

@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
def local_fixt():
    return 123

# parent/test1dir/conftest.py
@pytest.fixture(scope="session") # same for function scoped fixtures
def session_fixt(local_fixt)
    do_something(global_var)
    do_something(local_fixt)

Reason why I don't move pytest_runtest_setup in parent conftest is that I need it to access local_fixt() and it isn't able to do that from the upper conftest file as it would solve this issue.

[pytestbot]

GitMate.io thinks possibly related issues are #430 (Config variable to set locations to try for conftest.py files), #1176 (conftest undocumented), #2583 (Set an environment variable with current test), #3272 (Question: How can I import some variable from parent conftest.py when I have another conftest.py in local directory.), and #294 (Fixture is not overriden in the child conftest.py when running individual test file).

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

fixtures are not available that way, please explain the actual use-case

[nicoddemus]

Closing as this has not seen activity in awhile.