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Docs: Note lifetime of temporary directories #8038

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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions src/_pytest/tmpdir.py
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Expand Up @@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ def tmpdir(tmp_path: Path) -> py.path.local:
function invocation, created as a sub directory of the base temporary
directory.

By default, a new base temporary directory is created each test session,
and old bases are removed after 3 sessions, to aid in debugging. If
``--basetemp`` is used then it is cleared each session. See :ref:`base
temporary directory`.

The returned object is a `py.path.local`_ path object.

.. _`py.path.local`: https://py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/path.html
Expand All @@ -187,6 +192,11 @@ def tmp_path(request: FixtureRequest, tmp_path_factory: TempPathFactory) -> Path
function invocation, created as a sub directory of the base temporary
directory.

By default, a new base temporary directory is created each test session,
and old bases are removed after 3 sessions, to aid in debugging. If
``--basetemp`` is used then it is cleared each session. See :ref:`base
temporary directory`.

The returned object is a :class:`pathlib.Path` object.
"""

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