e.g.

py.test tests -vvs --pdb

that drops you into pdb - I think that’s a special “mode” of running maybe?

./pants --interactive test /x/y/z:test

that somehow routes you to an interactive mode

@console_rule

that can invoke the pytest runner rule more directly, without caching

yea, there will need to be a few "disable remote execution" escape hatches

seems like we can apply that to local exec as well and then simplify all the way up?