Use Config.invocation_params for consistent worker initialization

Decided to keep the old way still working for now.

Fix #6
Fix #445

src/xdist/remote.py

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import _pytest.hookspec
 import pytest
 from execnet.gateway_base import dumps, DumpError
 
+from _pytest.config import _prepareconfig, Config
+
 
 class WorkerInteractor(object):
     def __init__(self, config, channel):
@@ -211,18 +213,18 @@ def getinfodict():
 
 
 def remote_initconfig(option_dict, args):
-    from _pytest.config import Config
-
     option_dict["plugins"].append("no:terminal")
-    config = Config.fromdictargs(option_dict, args)
+    return Config.fromdictargs(option_dict, args)
+
+
+def setup_config(config, basetemp):
     config.option.looponfail = False
     config.option.usepdb = False
     config.option.dist = "no"
     config.option.distload = False
     config.option.numprocesses = None
     config.option.maxprocesses = None
-    config.args = args
-    return config
+    config.option.basetemp = basetemp
 
 
 if __name__ == "__channelexec__":
@@ -239,7 +241,13 @@ if __name__ == "__channelexec__":
     os.environ["PYTEST_XDIST_WORKER"] = workerinput["workerid"]
     os.environ["PYTEST_XDIST_WORKER_COUNT"] = str(workerinput["workercount"])
 
-    config = remote_initconfig(option_dict, args)
+    if hasattr(Config, "InvocationParams"):
+        config = _prepareconfig(args, None)
+    else:
+        config = remote_initconfig(option_dict, args)
+        config.args = args
+
+    setup_config(config, option_dict.get("basetemp"))
     config._parser.prog = os.path.basename(workerinput["mainargv"][0])
     config.workerinput = workerinput
     config.workeroutput = {}

src/xdist/workermanage.py

@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ def make_reltoroot(roots, args):
     for arg in args:
         parts = arg.split(splitcode)
         fspath = py.path.local(parts[0])
+        if not fspath.exists():
+            continue
         for root in roots:
             x = fspath.relto(root)
             if x or fspath == root:
@@ -236,10 +238,14 @@ class WorkerController(object):
     def setup(self):
         self.log("setting up worker session")
         spec = self.gateway.spec
-        args = self.config.args
+        if hasattr(self.config, "invocation_params"):
+            args = [str(x) for x in self.config.invocation_params.args or ()]
+            option_dict = {}
+        else:
+            args = self.config.args
+            option_dict = vars(self.config.option)
         if not spec.popen or spec.chdir:
             args = make_reltoroot(self.nodemanager.roots, args)
-        option_dict = vars(self.config.option)
         if spec.popen:
             name = "popen-%s" % self.gateway.id
             if hasattr(self.config, "_tmpdirhandler"):