Add note documenting pytest-dev#2257

vmuriart · Feb 17, 2017 · d3b5d08 · d3b5d08
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@@ -346,6 +346,12 @@ and nothing when run plainly::
     
     ======= no tests ran in 0.12 seconds ========
 
+.. note::
+
+    This function should be implemented only in plugins or ``conftest.py``
+    files situated at the tests root directory due to how pytest
+    :ref:`discovers plugins during startup <pluginorder>`.
+
 profiling test duration
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