Container Support

[ddkasa]

Is there a possibility of adding container support for running tests inside a docker/podman instance.
For example running a command like $ docker compose run --rm django coverage run -m pytest with Neotest and viewing results inside Neovim?

I see there is nvim-neotest/neotest#89 which shows a workaround for rspec, but this extension would need a bigger workaround it seems.

[Rich107]

Came here looking for answers :(

Are there any work arounds ?

Would love to be able to just run docker compose up

Then docker compose exec pytest with neotest.

[navignaw]

I haven't been able to get this integrated into neotest directly, but I've had some success with https://github.com/esensar/nvim-dev-container and just running pytest as a command inside the devcontainer. It ends up printing test output in a new tab rather than the nice neotest UI, but was good enough for me.

[diidiiman]

Implemented support for docker containers - #104

[William-Blackie]

I’ve opened a draft PR for this in #109.

The current approach adds host/container path mappings so neotest-python can run against Docker or other remote Python commands and still translate test ids, temp files, output paths, and debug paths back to the host correctly.

It’s still a work in progress, but feedback is welcome. I’m aiming to keep this useful for general remote/container workflows, including monorepos, rather than tailoring it to one specific Docker setup.