Merge pull request #6402 from prinsherbert/testing-error-message

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit c16d8f5e5907 · 2016-05-11T20:53:15.000-04:00
TST: more explicit message for missing image
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py b/lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py
@@ -232,7 +232,13 @@ def test(self):
                     shutil.copyfile(orig_expected_fname, expected_fname)
                 else:
                     will_fail = True
-                    fail_msg = 'Do not have baseline image %s' % expected_fname
+                    fail_msg = (
+                        "Do not have baseline image {0} because this "
+                        "file does not exist: {1}".format(
+                            expected_fname,
+                            orig_expected_fname
+                        )
+                    )
 
                 @knownfailureif(
                     will_fail, fail_msg,
