diff --git a/cibuildwheel/__main__.py b/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
index 95bc96b9..40241ac1 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
@@ -114,25 +114,36 @@ def main() -> None:
                   file=sys.stderr)
             exit(2)
 
-    output_dir = args.output_dir
-    test_command = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_TEST_COMMAND', platform=platform)
-    test_requires = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES', platform=platform, default='').split()
-    test_extras = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_TEST_EXTRAS', platform=platform, default='')
     package_dir = args.package_dir
-    before_build = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD', platform=platform)
-    build_verbosity_str = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY', platform=platform, default='')
-    build_config, skip_config = os.environ.get('CIBW_BUILD', '*'), os.environ.get('CIBW_SKIP', '')
+    output_dir = args.output_dir
+
     if platform == 'linux':
         repair_command_default = 'auditwheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel}'
     elif platform == 'macos':
         repair_command_default = 'delocate-listdeps {wheel} && delocate-wheel --require-archs x86_64 -w {dest_dir} {wheel}'
     else:
         repair_command_default = ''
-    repair_command = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND', platform=platform, default=repair_command_default)
-    environment_config = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_ENVIRONMENT', platform=platform, default='')
-    before_test = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_BEFORE_TEST', platform=platform, default='')
 
+    build_config, skip_config = os.environ.get('CIBW_BUILD', '*'), os.environ.get('CIBW_SKIP', '')
+    environment_config = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_ENVIRONMENT', platform=platform, default='')
+    before_build = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD', platform=platform)
+    repair_command = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND', platform=platform, default=repair_command_default)
     dependency_versions = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS', platform=platform, default='pinned')
+    test_command = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_TEST_COMMAND', platform=platform)
+    before_test = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_BEFORE_TEST', platform=platform)
+    test_requires = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES', platform=platform, default='').split()
+    test_extras = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_TEST_EXTRAS', platform=platform, default='')
+    build_verbosity_str = get_option_from_environment('CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY', platform=platform, default='')
+
+    build_selector = BuildSelector(build_config, skip_config)
+
+    try:
+        environment = parse_environment(environment_config)
+    except (EnvironmentParseError, ValueError):
+        print(f'cibuildwheel: Malformed environment option "{environment_config}"', file=sys.stderr)
+        traceback.print_exc(None, sys.stderr)
+        exit(2)
+
     if dependency_versions == 'pinned':
         dependency_constraints: Optional[DependencyConstraints] = DependencyConstraints.with_defaults()
     elif dependency_versions == 'latest':
@@ -148,15 +159,6 @@ def main() -> None:
     except ValueError:
         build_verbosity = 0
 
-    try:
-        environment = parse_environment(environment_config)
-    except (EnvironmentParseError, ValueError):
-        print(f'cibuildwheel: Malformed environment option "{environment_config}"', file=sys.stderr)
-        traceback.print_exc(None, sys.stderr)
-        exit(2)
-
-    build_selector = BuildSelector(build_config, skip_config)
-
     # Add CIBUILDWHEEL environment variable
     # This needs to be passed on to the docker container in linux.py
     os.environ['CIBUILDWHEEL'] = '1'
@@ -207,12 +209,12 @@ def main() -> None:
         test_command=test_command,
         test_requires=test_requires,
         test_extras=test_extras,
+        before_test=before_test,
         before_build=before_build,
         build_verbosity=build_verbosity,
         build_selector=build_selector,
         repair_command=repair_command,
         environment=environment,
-        before_test=before_test,
         dependency_constraints=dependency_constraints,
         manylinux_images=manylinux_images,
     )
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/util.py b/cibuildwheel/util.py
index 80042039..499954b9 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/util.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/util.py
@@ -110,17 +110,17 @@ class DependencyConstraints:
 class BuildOptions(NamedTuple):
     package_dir: str
     output_dir: str
+    build_selector: BuildSelector
+    environment: ParsedEnvironment
+    before_build: Optional[str]
+    repair_command: str
+    manylinux_images: Optional[Dict[str, str]]
+    dependency_constraints: Optional[DependencyConstraints]
     test_command: Optional[str]
+    before_test: Optional[str]
     test_requires: List[str]
     test_extras: str
-    before_build: Optional[str]
     build_verbosity: int
-    build_selector: BuildSelector
-    repair_command: str
-    environment: ParsedEnvironment
-    before_test: str
-    dependency_constraints: Optional[DependencyConstraints]
-    manylinux_images: Optional[Dict[str, str]]
 
 
 resources_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources'))
diff --git a/docs/options.md b/docs/options.md
index 8ecaaf23..18d5417b 100644
--- a/docs/options.md
+++ b/docs/options.md
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ env:
 
 ## Build selection
 
-
 ### `CIBW_PLATFORM` {: #platform}
 
 > Override the auto-detected target platform
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ For `linux` you need Docker running, on macOS or Linux. For `macos`, you need a
 
 This option can also be set using the command-line option `--platform`.
 
+
 ### `CIBW_BUILD`, `CIBW_SKIP` {: #build-skip}
 
 > Choose the Python versions to build
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ CIBW_SKIP: pp*
 
 ## Build customization
 
-
 ### `CIBW_ENVIRONMENT` {: #environment}
 > Set environment variables needed during the build
 
@@ -296,6 +295,7 @@ CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: dockcross/manylinux-x64
 CIBW_MANYLINUX_I686_IMAGE: dockcross/manylinux-x86
 ```
 
+
 ### `CIBW_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS` {: #dependency-versions}
 > Specify how cibuildwheel controls the versions of the tools it uses
 
@@ -372,6 +372,35 @@ CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest {package}/tests
 ```
 
 
+### `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST` {: #before-test}
+> Execute a shell command before testing each wheel
+
+A shell command to run in **each** test virtual environment, before your wheel is installed and tested. This is useful if you need to install a non pip package, change values of environment variables
+or perform multi step pip installation (e.g. installing `scikit-build` or `cython` before install test package)
+
+The active Python binary can be accessed using `python`, and pip with `pip`; `cibuildwheel` makes sure the right version of Python and pip will be executed. The placeholder `{package}` can be used here; it will be replaced by the path to the package being built by `cibuildwheel`.
+
+The command is run in a shell, so you can write things like `cmd1 && cmd2`.
+
+Platform-specific variants also available:<br/>
+ `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST_MACOS` | `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST_WINDOWS` | `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST_LINUX`
+
+#### Examples
+```yaml
+# install test dependencies with overwritten environment variables.
+CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: CC=gcc CXX=g++ pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# chain commands using &&
+CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: rm -rf ./data/cache && mkdir -p ./data/cache
+
+# install non pip python package
+CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: cd some_dir; ./configure; make; make install
+
+# install python packages that are required to install test dependencies
+CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: pip install cmake scikit-build
+```
+
+
 ### `CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES` {: #test-requires}
 > Install Python dependencies before running the tests
 
@@ -411,33 +440,6 @@ Platform-specific variants also available:<br/>
 CIBW_TEST_EXTRAS: test,qt
 ```
 
-### `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST` {: #before-test}
-> Execute a shell command before testing each wheel
-
-A shell command to run in **each** test virtual environment, before your wheel is installed and tested. This is useful if you need to install a non pip package, change values of environment variables
-or perform multi step pip installation (e.g. installing `scikit-build` or `cython` before install test package)
-
-The active Python binary can be accessed using `python`, and pip with `pip`; `cibuildwheel` makes sure the right version of Python and pip will be executed. The placeholder `{package}` can be used here; it will be replaced by the path to the package being built by `cibuildwheel`.
-
-The command is run in a shell, so you can write things like `cmd1 && cmd2`.
-
-Platform-specific variants also available:<br/>
- `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST_MACOS` | `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST_WINDOWS` | `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST_LINUX`
-
-#### Examples
-```yaml
-# install test dependencies with overwritten environment variables.
-CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: CC=gcc CXX=g++ pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-# chain commands using &&
-CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: rm -rf ./data/cache && mkdir -p ./data/cache
-
-# install non pip python package
-CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: cd some_dir; ./configure; make; make install
-
-# install python packages that are required to install test dependencies
-CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: pip install cmake scikit-build
-```
 
 ## Other