Allow coverage.py to be executed by pointing Python at a repository's

directory.

Since Python 2.6 one can specify a __main__.py in a directory to tell
Python what to do if it is pointed at simply a directory. For
instance, assuming one has a clone of coverage.py sitting at
../coveragepy, this patch allows for::

  python ../coveragepy run ...

This is extremely handy if you want to use coverage.py straight from a
clone without adding the clone's directory to sys.path (which can be
an issue at least in the stdlib as that will pick up 'test' as a
package, masking the stdlib's own 'test' package).

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/__main__.py b/__main__.py
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+"""Be able to execute coverage.py by pointing Python at the repository's
+directory."""
+import os
+import runpy
+
+
+PKG = 'coverage'
+
+try:
+    run_globals = runpy.run_module(PKG, run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)
+    executed = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(run_globals['__file__']))[0]
+    if executed != '__main__':  # For Python 2.5 compatibility
+        raise ImportError('Incorrectly executed %s instead of __main__' %
+                            executed)
+except ImportError:  # For Python 2.6 compatibility
+    runpy.run_module('%s.__main__' % PKG, run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)