Merge pull request #21907 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-21905-on-v3.5.x

jklymak · web-flow · commit a73fd66f6f51 · 2021-12-10T00:23:34.000-08:00
Backport PR #21905 on branch v3.5.x (Fix image testing decorator in pytest importlib mode)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ def _image_directories(func):
     ``$(pwd)/result_images/test_baz``.  The result directory is created if it
     doesn't exist.
     """
-    module_path = Path(sys.modules[func.__module__].__file__)
+    module_path = Path(inspect.getfile(func))
     baseline_dir = module_path.parent / "baseline_images" / module_path.stem
     result_dir = Path().resolve() / "result_images" / module_path.stem
     result_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
