Remove tests from minimum profile

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 * Make SonarCloud optional [#515](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/515)
 * Make citation optional [#471](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/471)
 * Make online documentation optional [#476](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/476)
+* Make local test optional [#594](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/594)
 
 ### Changed
 * Update the user documentation (README.md) of the template [#575](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/623)

copier/questions/features_code_quality.yml

@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ SelectCodeQualityFeatures:
   type: yaml
   default: |-
     {% if template_profile == 'recommended' %}
-      [SelectGitHubActions_flag, AddLinting_flag, AddSonarCloud_flag, AddEditorConfig_flag]
+      [AddLocalTests_flag, SelectGitHubActions_flag, AddLinting_flag, AddSonarCloud_flag, AddEditorConfig_flag]
     {%- else -%}
       []
     {%- endif %}
   help: Select code quality features
   multiselect: true
   choices:
+    Local tests:
+      value: AddLocalTests_flag
+      # validator: "{% if something != 'AnotherThing' %}BlaBla{% endif %}"
     GitHub Actions (selection on the next menu):
       value: SelectGitHubActions_flag
       # validator: "{% if something != 'AnotherThing' %}BlaBla{% endif %}"
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@ SelectGitHubActions:
 
 
 # computed features
+AddLocalTests:
+  type: bool
+  default: "{{ 'AddLocalTests_flag' in SelectCodeQualityFeatures or 'AddGitHubActionBuild_flag' in SelectGitHubActions or 'AddSonarCloud_flag' in SelectCodeQualityFeatures }}"
+  when: false
 AddGitHubActionBuild:
   type: bool
   default: "{{ 'AddGitHubActionBuild_flag' in SelectGitHubActions }}"

template/project_setup.md.jinja

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ You can distribute your code using PyPI.
 [The guide](https://guide.esciencecenter.nl/#/best_practices/language_guides/python?id=building-and-packaging-code) can
 help you decide which tool to use for packaging.
 
+{% if AddLocalTests -%}
 ## Testing and code coverage
 
 - Tests should be put in the `tests` folder.
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ help you decide which tool to use for packaging.
 - The project uses [GitHub action workflows](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) to automatically run tests on GitHub infrastructure against multiple Python versions
   - Workflows can be found in [`.github/workflows`](.github/workflows/)
 - [Relevant section in the guide](https://guide.esciencecenter.nl/#/best_practices/language_guides/python?id=testing)
+{%- endif %}
 
 ## Documentation
 

template/pyproject.toml.jinja

@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ version = "{{ version }}"
 dev = [
     "build",  # build is not only used in publishing (below), but also in the template's test suite
     "bump-my-version",
+    {%- if AddLocalTests %}
     "coverage [toml]",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
+    {%- endif %}
     "ruff",
     "sphinx",
     "sphinx_rtd_theme",
@@ -76,22 +78,28 @@ Changelog = "{{ repository_url }}/CHANGELOG.md"
 {% if AddOnlineDocumentation -%}
 ReadTheDocs = "https://{{ package_name }}.readthedocs.io"
 {% endif %}
+{% if AddLocalTests -%}
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
+{% endif %}
 
+{% if AddLocalTests -%}
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true
 source = ["src/{{ package_name }}"]
 command_line = "-m pytest"
+{%- endif %}
 
 [tool.tox]
 legacy_tox_ini = """
 [tox]
 envlist = py38,py39,py310,py311,py312
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
+{% if AddLocalTests -%}
 [testenv]
 commands = pytest
 extras = dev
+{%- endif %}
 """
 
 [tool.ruff]

template/{% if AddContributing %}CONTRIBUTING.md{% endif %}.jinja

@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ The sections below outline the steps in each case.
 {% if AddDevDoc -%}
 1. install dependencies (see the [development documentation](README.dev.md#development_install));
 {%- endif %}
+{% if AddLocalTests -%}
 1. make sure the existing tests still work by running ``pytest``;
 1. add your own tests (if necessary);
+{%- endif %}
 1. update or expand the documentation;
 {% if AddChangeLog -%}
 1. update the `CHANGELOG.md` file with your change;