Merge pull request #223 from nicoddemus/release-3.5.0

Update context-manager docs and prepare for 3.5.0

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+3.5.0 (2021-01-04)
+------------------
+
+* Now all patch functions will emit a warning instead of raising a ``ValueError`` when used
+  as a context-manager. Thanks `@iforapsy`_ for the PR (`#221`_).
+
+* Additionally, ``mocker.patch.context_manager`` is available when the user intends to mock
+  a context manager (for example  ``threading.Lock`` object), which will not emit that
+  warning.
+
+.. _@iforapsy: https://github.com/iforapsy
+.. _#221: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-mock/pull/221
+
 3.4.0 (2020-12-15)
 ------------------
 

README.rst

@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ fixture:
             assert a.doIt() == True
 
 The purpose of this plugin is to make the use of context managers and
-function decorators for mocking unnecessary.
+function decorators for mocking unnecessary, so it will emit a warning when used as such.
+
+If you really intend to mock a context manager, ``mocker.patch.context_manager`` exists
+which won't issue the above warning.
 
 
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