Is there a way to change the location of pytest's .cache directory?

Question

I need to be able to change the location of pytest's .cache directory to the env variable, WORKSPACE. Due to server permissions out of my control, I am running into this error because my user does not have permission to write in the directory where the tests are being run from:

py.error.EACCES: [Permission denied]: open('/path/to/restricted/directory/tests/.cache/v/cache/lastfailed', 'w') 

Is there a way to set the path of the .cache directory to the environment variable WORKSPACE?

Answer 1

You can prevent the creation of .cache/ by disabling the "cacheprovider" plugin:

py.test -p no:cacheprovider ...