Fix devenv not respecting specified path

.github/workflows/check.yml

@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  pre_commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.3
-
   test:
     name: test ${{ matrix.py }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -110,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-    needs: [check, test, pre_commit]
+    needs: [check, test]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Setup python to build package

docs/changelog/2318.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``devenv`` command does not respect specified path - by :user:`gaborbernat`.

src/tox/session/cmd/devenv.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from tox.config.cli.parser import ToxParser
@@ -23,12 +24,12 @@ def tox_add_option(parser: ToxParser) -> None:
 
 def devenv(state: State) -> int:
     opt = state.conf.options
-
     opt.skip_missing_interpreters = False  # the target python must exist
     opt.no_test = False  # do not run the test suite
     opt.package_only = False
     opt.install_pkg = None  # no explicit packages to install
     opt.skip_pkg_install = False  # always install a package in this case
+    opt.no_test = True  # do not run the test phase
 
     state.envs.ensure_only_run_env_is_active()
     envs = list(state.envs.iter())
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ def devenv(state: State) -> int:
         usedevelop=True,  # dev environments must be of type dev
         env_dir=Path(opt.devenv_path),  # move it in source
     )
-
-    opt.no_test = True  # do not run the test phase
-    state.conf.get_env(envs[0], loaders=[loader])
-    return run_sequential(state)
+    tox_env = state.envs[envs[0]]
+    tox_env.conf.loaders.insert(0, loader)
+    result = run_sequential(state)
+    if result == 0:
+        logging.warning(f"created development environment under {tox_env.conf['env_dir']}")
+    return result

tests/session/cmd/test_devenv.py

@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ def test_devenv_fail_multiple_target(tox_project: ToxProjectCreator) -> None:
 @pytest.mark.integration()
 def test_devenv_ok(tox_project: ToxProjectCreator, enable_pip_pypi_access: str | None) -> None:  # noqa: U100
     content = {"setup.py": "from setuptools import setup\nsetup(name='demo', version='1.0')"}
-    outcome = tox_project(content).run("d", "-e", "py")
+    project = tox_project(content)
+    outcome = project.run("d", "-e", "py")
+
     outcome.assert_success()
+    assert (project.path / "venv").exists()
+    assert f"created development environment under {project.path / 'venv'}" in outcome.out
 
 
 def test_devenv_help(tox_project: ToxProjectCreator) -> None: