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| -rw-r--r-- | tox/config.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tox/config.py b/tox/config.py index 52e0dbc..9026f28 100644 --- a/tox/config.py +++ b/tox/config.py @@ -409,8 +409,11 @@ def tox_addoption(parser): parser.add_testenv_attribute( name="passenv", type="space-separated-list", postprocess=passenv, - help="environment variables names which shall be passed " - "from tox invocation to test environment when executing commands.") + help="environment variables needed during executing test commands " + "(taken from invocation environment). Not that tox always " + "passes in some basic environment variables which are needed for " + "basic functioning of the Python interpreter. See --showconfig " + "for the resulting passenv setting.") parser.add_testenv_attribute( name="whitelist_externals", type="line-list", |