From 719c321b1f37505f2565b55f0e1a851e6f0b959f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Casper Guo <89810860+Casper-Guo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:29:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] TST: Silently create test_cache if it does not exist (#578)

---
 conftest.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 1cbbc0694..26a6afee7 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ def reference_laps_data():
 def fastf1_setup():
     import fastf1
     from fastf1.logger import LoggingManager
-    fastf1.Cache.enable_cache('test_cache')  # use specific cache directory
+
+    try:
+        fastf1.Cache.enable_cache('test_cache')  # use specific cache directory
+    except NotADirectoryError:
+        # create the test cache and re-enable
+        os.mkdir('test_cache')
+        fastf1.Cache.enable_cache('test_cache')
+
     fastf1.Cache.ci_mode(True)  # only request uncached data
     LoggingManager.debug = True  # raise all exceptions