avocado-framework/avocado

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# Copyright: Red Hat Inc. 2019
# Authors: Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues <lmr@redhat.com>
#          Ruda Moura <rmoura@redhat.com>

"""
Test loader module.
"""

import os


def reference_split(reference):
    """
    Splits a test reference into a path and additional info

    This should be used dependent on the specific type of resolver.  If
    a resolver is not expected to support multiple test references inside
    a given file, then this is not suitable.

    :returns: (path, additional_info)
    :type: (str, str or None)
    """
    if not os.path.exists(reference):
        if ":" in reference:
            return reference.rsplit(":", 1)
    return (reference, None)