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| author | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2019-12-11 05:01:37 -0500 |
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| committer | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2019-12-11 05:01:37 -0500 |
| commit | 5379317ad73694099b7876797695bc76bd9cdce5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e2e7732fff98cc87244e2d5a9df0b91c681e760 /doc/subprocess.rst | |
| parent | eebc1e9c93f97d03c481336607668e93b926c181 (diff) | |
| download | python-coveragepy-git-5379317ad73694099b7876797695bc76bd9cdce5.tar.gz | |
Clarify the connection between subprocesses and --concurrency
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diff --git a/doc/subprocess.rst b/doc/subprocess.rst index 516e2030..c09d45f1 100644 --- a/doc/subprocess.rst +++ b/doc/subprocess.rst @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ the name of the :ref:`configuration file <config>` to use. The subprocess only sees options in the configuration file. Options set on the command line will not be used in the subprocesses. +.. note:: + If you have subprocesses because you are using :mod:`multiprocessing + <python:multiprocessing>`, the ``--concurrency=multiprocessing`` + command-line option should take care of everything for you. See + :ref:`cmd_run` for details. + When using this technique, be sure to set the parallel option to true so that multiple coverage.py runs will each write their data to a distinct file. |