pytest-flake8 breaks setup.py test

[andreas-h]

Following the docs, I added the flake8-ignore setting to my setup.cfg, which now looks like this:

[aliases]
test=pytest

[tool:pytest]
addopts = --verbose

[pytest]
flake8-ignore = 
    setup.py F401
    docs/conf.py ALL
    tests/context.py E402 F401

However, when I run python setup.py test, I get the error

error: error in setup.cfg: command 'PyTest' has no such option 'flake8_ignore'

I should mention that py.test --flake8 works.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[andreas-h]

When I switch the flake8-ignore option to the [tool:pytest] section,

[aliases]
test=pytest

[tool:pytest]
addopts = --verbose --flake8
flake8-ignore = 
    setup.py F401
    docs/conf.py ALL
    tests/context.py E402 F401

I don't get an error, but the flake8 tests are not run, either ...

[hameerabbasi]

Maybe try a dedicated [flake8] section in your setup.cfg?

[pelt]

I wrote a package (https://github.com/pelt/demo_flake8_config_issue/tree/master) to reproduce the issue but I couldn't. Your second configuration is fine where flake8-ignore is part of tools:pytest and works in my case. The output says that the flake8 checks are executed on the files.
Did I understand your issue correctly?