You can't import from the parent directory without some voodoo. Here's yet another way that works with at least Python 3.6.

First, have a file test/context.py with the following content:

import sys import os sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))) 

Then have the following import in the file test/test_antigravity.py:

import unittest try: import context except ModuleNotFoundError: import test.context import antigravity 

Note that the reason for this try-except clause is that

• import test.context fails when run with "python test_antigravity.py" and
• import context fails when run with "python -m unittest" run from the new_project directory.

With this trickery they both work.

Now you can run all the test files within test directory with:

$ pwd /projects/new_project $ python -m unittest 

or run an individual test file with:

$ cd /projects/new_project $ python test_antigravity 

Ok, it's not much prettier than having the content of context.py within test_antigravity.py, but maybe a little. Suggestions are welcome.

You can't import from the parent directory without some voodoo. Here's yet another way that works with at least Python 3.6.

First, have a file test/context.py with the following content:

import sys import os sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))) 

Then have the following import in the file test/test_antigravity.py:

import unittest try: import context except ModuleNotFoundError: import test.context import antigravity 

Note that the reason for this try-except clause is that

• import test.context fails when run with "python test_antigravity.py" and
• import context fails when run with "python -m unittest" from the new_project directory.

With this trickery they both work.

Now you can run all the test files within test directory with:

$ pwd /projects/new_project $ python -m unittest 

or run an individual test file with:

$ cd test $ python test_antigravity 

Ok, it's not much prettier than having the content of context.py within test_antigravity.py, but maybe a little. Suggestions are welcome.