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Warn about --basetemp removing the entire directory #7555

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add basetemp warning
Jul 28, 2020
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modify based on PR comment
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Fix sphinx syntax
nicoddemus Jul 28, 2020
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Fix linting
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Expand Up @@ -192,8 +192,13 @@ You can override the default temporary directory setting like this:

pytest --basetemp=mydir

When distributing tests on the local machine, ``pytest`` takes care to
configure a basetemp directory for the sub processes such that all temporary
.. warning::

The contents of ``mydir`` will be completely removed, so make sure to use a directory
for that purpose only.

When distributing tests on the local machine using ``pytest-xdist``, care is taken to
automatically configure a basetemp directory for the sub processes such that all temporary
data lands below a single per-test run basetemp directory.

.. _`py.path.local`: https://py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/path.html