Remove special handling of config_file=".coveragerc". #788nedbat/configfile-simplification

3 files changed, 2 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/config.py b/coverage/config.py
index 6372f4c0..f20ef90d 100644
--- a/coverage/config.py
+++ b/coverage/config.py
@@ -467,10 +467,6 @@ def config_files_to_try(config_file):
         (filename, is_our_file, was_file_specified)
     """
 
-    # Some API users were specifying ".coveragerc" to mean the same as
-    # True, so make it so.
-    if config_file == ".coveragerc":
-        config_file = True
     specified_file = (config_file is not True)
     if not specified_file:
         # No file was specified. Check COVERAGE_RCFILE.
diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py
index 53942242..d9272fc6 100644
--- a/coverage/control.py
+++ b/coverage/control.py
@@ -126,15 +126,12 @@ class Coverage(object):
 
         `config_file` determines what configuration file to read:
 
-            * If it is ".coveragerc", it is interpreted as if it were True,
-              for backward compatibility.
-
             * If it is a string, it is the name of the file to read.  If the
               file can't be read, it is an error.
 
             * If it is True, then a few standard files names are tried
-              (".coveragerc", "setup.cfg", "tox.ini").  It is not an error for
-              these files to not be found.
+              (".coveragerc", "setup.cfg", "tox.ini", "pyproject.toml").
+              It is not an error for these files to not be found.
 
             * If it is False, then no configuration file is read.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index fe9e001e..1b9a4137 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -575,19 +575,6 @@ class ConfigFileTest(UsingModulesMixin, CoverageTest):
     def test_config_file_settings_in_toxini(self):
         self.check_config_file_settings_in_other_file("tox.ini", self.TOX_INI)
 
-    def check_other_config_if_coveragerc_specified(self, fname, contents):
-        """Check that config `fname` is read if .coveragerc is missing, but specified."""
-        nested = self.LOTSA_SETTINGS.format(section="coverage:")
-        self.make_file(fname, nested + "\n" + contents)
-        cov = coverage.Coverage(config_file=".coveragerc")
-        self.assert_config_settings_are_correct(cov)
-
-    def test_config_file_settings_in_setupcfg_if_coveragerc_specified(self):
-        self.check_other_config_if_coveragerc_specified("setup.cfg", self.SETUP_CFG)
-
-    def test_config_file_settings_in_tox_if_coveragerc_specified(self):
-        self.check_other_config_if_coveragerc_specified("tox.ini", self.TOX_INI)
-
     def check_other_not_read_if_coveragerc(self, fname):
         """Check config `fname` is not read if .coveragerc exists."""
         self.make_file(".coveragerc", """\
@@ -671,12 +658,6 @@ class ConfigFileTest(UsingModulesMixin, CoverageTest):
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(CoverageException, msg):
                 coverage.Coverage(config_file=bad_file)
 
-    def test_nocoveragerc_file_when_specified(self):
-        cov = coverage.Coverage(config_file=".coveragerc")
-        self.assertFalse(cov.config.timid)
-        self.assertFalse(cov.config.branch)
-        self.assertEqual(cov.config.data_file, ".coverage")
-
     def test_no_toml_installed_no_toml(self):
         # Can't read a toml file that doesn't exist.
         with coverage.optional.without('toml'):