Allow setting `tick` in config

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luacov/defaults.lua b/src/luacov/defaults.lua
index 50213b4..b93e5f2 100644
--- a/src/luacov/defaults.lua
+++ b/src/luacov/defaults.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ return {
   --- Filename to store report. Default: "luacov.report.out".
   reportfile = "luacov.report.out",
 
+  --- Enable saving coverage data after every `savestepsize` lines?
+  -- Setting this flag to `true` in config is equivalent to running LuaCov
+  -- using `luacov.tick` module.
+  tick = false,
+
   --- Stats file updating frequency for `luacov.tick`.
   -- The lower this value - the more frequently results will be written out to the stats file.
   -- You may want to reduce this value (to, for example, 2) to avoid losing coverage data in
diff --git a/src/luacov/runner.lua b/src/luacov/runner.lua
index 7a74f70..d7f150b 100644
--- a/src/luacov/runner.lua
+++ b/src/luacov/runner.lua
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ local function set_config(configuration)
    for _, patt in ipairs(luacov_excludes) do
       table.insert(runner.configuration.exclude, patt)
    end
+
+   runner.tick = runner.tick or runner.configuration.tick
 end
 
 local default_config_file = ".luacov"