add tests/conftest.py

Author: williballenthin

tests/conftest.py

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+# Copyright (C) 2023 Mandiant, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at: [package root]/LICENSE.txt
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+#  is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+# import all the symbols from our fixtures
+# and make available to test cases, implicitly.
+# this is thanks to pytest magic.
+#
+# see the following for a discussion:
+# https://www.revsys.com/tidbits/pytest-fixtures-are-magic/
+# https://lobste.rs/s/j8xgym/pytest_fixtures_are_magic
+from fixtures import *  # noqa: F403 [unable to detect undefined names]