Improve display of continuation lines with multiline errors

blueyed · blueyed · commit bf1313a43f9a · 2016-08-12T00:57:29.000+02:00
Fixes #717. Follow-up to #1762.
diff --git a/_pytest/python.py b/_pytest/python.py
@@ -1849,12 +1849,10 @@ def toterminal(self, tw):
         for tbline in self.tblines:
             tw.line(tbline.rstrip())
         lines = self.errorstring.split("\n")
-        for line in lines:
-            if line == lines[0]:
-                prefix = 'E       '
-            else:
-                prefix = '        '
-            tw.line(prefix + line.strip(), red=True)
+        if lines:
+            tw.line('E       ' + lines[0].strip(), red=True)
+            for line in lines[1:]:
+                tw.line('>       ' + line.strip(), red=True)
         tw.line()
         tw.line("%s:%d" % (self.filename, self.firstlineno+1))
 
diff --git a/testing/python/fixture.py b/testing/python/fixture.py
@@ -395,10 +395,11 @@ def test_lookup_error(unknown):
         """)
         result = testdir.runpytest()
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
-            "*ERROR*test_lookup_error*",
-            "*def test_lookup_error(unknown):*",
-            "*fixture*unknown*not found*",
-            "*available fixtures*",
+            "*ERROR at setup of test_lookup_error*",
+            "  def test_lookup_error(unknown):*",
+            "E       fixture 'unknown' not found",
+            ">       available fixtures:*",
+            ">       use 'py*test --fixtures *' for help on them.",
             "*1 error*",
         ])
         assert "INTERNAL" not in result.stdout.str()
