Youcompleteme: [Python] parsing python submodules with absolute package paths

[pprzetacznik]

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Issue Details

I don't understand one thing. When I have unit tests in my project in directory tests and I refer to my module by relative path eg:

from ...MyModule import MyClass

I can easily use YCM for jumping for references from my unit tests.

But when I run my tests from the parent directory this way:

python -m tests.mymodule

I should be using absolute paths so I include my module in my unit tests this way:

from MyModule import MyClass

However, I can't see this is supported by YCM because after this I cannot jump to the definition of MyClass from my unittest.

Am I missing something here? I'm really sorry if I missed something in the documentation.

[micbou]

That's because when running the tests with python -m tests.mymodule, you are adding the current directory (your project directory) to the Python path but Jedi (the semantic engine used by YCM for Python) is not aware of that. A solution is to add that path to the PYTHONPATH environment variable inside Vim and restart YCM:

:let $PYTHONPATH="/path/to/project/directory"
:YcmRestartServer

[pprzetacznik]

Thanks, that helps.
Is there a way to automate this in ~/.vimrc file when running?

[pprzetacznik]

Ok. This is what I was looking for:

let $PYTHONPATH .= getcwd()

[puremourning]

Looks like you solved it. Closing :)