Merge pull request #11128 from bluetech/pythonpath-note

bluetech · web-flow · commit 64319dbc0176 · 2023-06-22T18:12:37.000+03:00
reference: add note that `pythonpath` does not affect `-p`
diff --git a/doc/en/reference/reference.rst b/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
@@ -1703,6 +1703,11 @@ passed multiple times. The expected format is ``name=value``. For example::
         [pytest]
         pythonpath = src1 src2
 
+   .. note::
+
+        ``pythonpath`` does not affect some imports that happen very early,
+        most notably plugins loaded using the ``-p`` command line option.
+
 
 .. confval:: required_plugins
 
