pytest using fixtures as arguments in parametrize

Will was on the right path, you should use request.getfixturevalue to retrieve the fixture.

But you can do it right in the test, which is simpler.

@pytest.mark.parametrize('dirname, expected', [
    ('dir1_fixture', 'expected1'),
    ('dir2_fixture', 'expected2')])
def test_directory_command(dirname, expected, request):
    result = my_package.directory_command(request.getfixturevalue(dirname))
    assert result == expected

Another way is to use lazy-fixture plugin:

@pytest.mark.parametrize('dirname, expected', [
    (pytest.lazy_fixture('dir1_fixture'), 'expected1'),
    (pytest.lazy_fixture('dir2_fixture'), 'expected2')])
def test_directory_command(dirname, expected):
    result = my_package.directory_command(dirname)
    assert result == expected

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