try mocker

pyproject.toml

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ pylint       = {version = "^2.12.2", optional = true}
 coveralls    = {version = "^3.3.1", optional = true}
 pytest-qt    = {version = ">=4.3.0", optional = true}
 pynwb = {version="^2.0.0,!=2.5.1", optional= true}
+pytest-mock = {version = "^3.14.0", optional = true}
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 sphinx-autobuild = "^2021.3.14"
@@ -79,7 +80,10 @@ terminal = ["pyqtgraph", "PySide6"]
 docs = ["Sphinx", "autodocsumm", "matplotlib", "sphinxcontrib-bibtex",
         "scikit-learn", "altair", "bokeh", "colorcet", "sphinx-rtd-theme", "sphinx-sass", "pytest", "rich",
         "PySide6", "pyqtgraph", "autodoc_pydantic", "myst_parser", "pynwb"]
-tests = ["pytest", "pytest-cov", "pylint", "coveralls", "pytest-qt", "pigpio", "PySide6", "pyqtgraph", "rich"]
+tests = [
+    "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pylint", "coveralls", "pytest-qt", "pytest-mock",
+    "pigpio", "PySide6", "pyqtgraph", "rich"
+]
 plotting = ["altair", "bokeh", "colorcet"]
 extra_interfaces = ["datajoint-babel", "pynwb"]
 

tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 import pytest
 import os
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope='session', autouse=True)
-def monkeypatch_cpuinfo(monkeypatch):
-    # only patch on github actions
-    if "CI" not in os.environ or not os.environ["CI"] or "GITHUB_RUN_ID" not in os.environ:
-        return
-
-    def patched_cpuinfo() -> dict:
-        return {}
-
-    import cpuinfo
-    monkeypatch.setattr(cpuinfo, 'get_cpu_info', patched_cpuinfo)
-
-    import blosc2.core
-    monkeypatch.setattr(blosc2.core, 'get_cpu_info', patched_cpuinfo)
+def on_gh_actions() -> bool:
+    return "CI" in os.environ or os.environ["CI"] or "GITHUB_RUN_ID" in os.environ
 
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def monkeypatch_cpuinfo(mocker):
+    # only patch on github actions
+    # if not on_gh_actions():
+    #     return
+
+    # def patched_cpuinfo() -> dict:
+    #     return {}
+    #
+    # class PatchedModule():
+    #     get_cpu_info = patched_cpuinfo
+    #
+    # import cpuinfo
+    # monkeypatch.setattr(cpuinfo, 'get_cpu_info', patched_cpuinfo)
+    #
+    # import blosc2.core
+    # monkeypatch.setattr(blosc2.core, 'get_cpu_info', patched_cpuinfo)
+    #
+    # import tables.leaf
+    # monkeypatch.setattr(tables.leaf, 'cpuinfo', PatchedModule)
+
+    mocker.patch('cpuinfo.get_cpu_info', return_value={})
+    mocker.patch('blosc2.core.get_cpu_info', return_value={})
+    mocker.patch('tables.leaf.cpuinfo.get_cpu_info', return_value={})