MDL-43087 testing: ability to load features from additional paths

config-dist.php

@@ -661,6 +661,11 @@ $CFG->admin = 'admin';
 // Example:
 //   $CFG->behat_extraallowedsettings = array('logsql', 'dblogerror');
 //
+// Including feature files from directories outside the dirroot is possible if required. The setting
+// requires that the running user has executable permissions on all parent directories in the paths.
+// Example:
+//   $CFG->behat_additionalfeatures = array('/home/developer/code/wipfeatures');
+//
 //=========================================================================
 // 12. DEVELOPER DATA GENERATOR
 //=========================================================================

lib/behat/classes/behat_config_manager.php

@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ class behat_config_manager {
             $features = array_values($featurespaths);
         }
 
+        // Optionally include features from additional directories.
+        if (!empty($CFG->behat_additionalfeatures)) {
+            $features = array_merge($features, array_map("realpath", $CFG->behat_additionalfeatures));
+        }
+
         // Gets all the components with steps definitions.
         $stepsdefinitions = array();
         $steps = self::get_components_steps_definitions();