From 42a3cf6c30cf7b5240d44a856cfeae136a21cc59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rajdesai1510 <155978655+rajdesai1510@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:40:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update default value for pythonpath ini option

Update default value for pythonpath ini option allowing to pass rootdir path for running the pytest command from within a child folder but at the same time able to resolve the path for outside modules by passing the rootdir option. Without this change unable to run pytest for a particular file within the folder if it is importing from outside the cwd, resulting in unable to find the module.
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 src/_pytest/config/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
index 21dc35219d8..9cf93bc4e99 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ def parse(self, args: list[str], addopts: bool = True) -> None:
         self._parser.addini("addopts", "Extra command line options", "args")
         self._parser.addini("minversion", "Minimally required pytest version")
         self._parser.addini(
-            "pythonpath", type="paths", help="Add paths to sys.path", default=[]
+            "pythonpath", type="paths", help="Add paths to sys.path", default=[self._parser.extra_info["rootdir"]]
         )
         self._parser.addini(
             "required_plugins",

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From: "pre-commit-ci[bot]"
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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:16:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

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 src/_pytest/config/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
index 9cf93bc4e99..4a5796c7de7 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
@@ -1518,7 +1518,10 @@ def parse(self, args: list[str], addopts: bool = True) -> None:
         self._parser.addini("addopts", "Extra command line options", "args")
         self._parser.addini("minversion", "Minimally required pytest version")
         self._parser.addini(
-            "pythonpath", type="paths", help="Add paths to sys.path", default=[self._parser.extra_info["rootdir"]]
+            "pythonpath",
+            type="paths",
+            help="Add paths to sys.path",
+            default=[self._parser.extra_info["rootdir"]],
         )
         self._parser.addini(
             "required_plugins",