Considering the following folder structure:

backend
 - alembic
 - tests
   - BUILD
   - conftest.py
 - alembic.ini
 - BUILD

backend/BUILD

does contain 2 targets (

file

, and

files

) to copy the ini and the folder but they are used for creating the PEX during the

package

goal. How can one add fixtures (

alembic

folder and

alembic.ini

file) to tests? I tried to reference the 2 file goals in

backend/tests/BUILD

but it seems the files can still not be found by python and if I'm trying to add them using the

files

target inside

tests/BUILD

, pants complains that we should use the

../

.

You can

python_test_utils

https://www.pantsbuild.org/2.20/reference/targets/python_test_utils

I was editing to make clearer but it seems you beat me to it 🙂

Yeah that is only a helper for test related stuff.

The

backend/BUILD

file looks like this:

poetry_requirements(
    name="backend",
    resolve="backend",
)

resources(
    name="alembic_resources",
    sources=["alembic.ini", "alembic/**"],
)

and the one in

backend/tests/BUILD

like this:

python_tests(
    dependencies=[
        "backend#asyncpg",
    ],
)

python_test_utils(
    name="test_utils",
    dependencies=[
        "backend#psycopg2-binary",
        "backend:alembic_resources",
    ],
)

You can maybe try relocated_files https://www.pantsbuild.org/2.20/reference/targets/relocated_files