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| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/cmdline.py | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/control.py | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/cmdline.py b/coverage/cmdline.py index c611e037..66a76fa6 100644 --- a/coverage/cmdline.py +++ b/coverage/cmdline.py @@ -252,7 +252,10 @@ CMDS = { usage = "<dir1> <dir2> ... <dirN>", description = "Combine data from multiple coverage files collected " "with 'run -p'. The combined results are written to a single " - "file representing the union of the data." + "file representing the union of the data. The positional " + "arguments are directories from which the data files should be " + "combined. By default, only data files in the current directory " + "are combined." ), 'debug': CmdOptionParser("debug", GLOBAL_ARGS, diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py index 4a9ac727..2c8d384e 100644 --- a/coverage/control.py +++ b/coverage/control.py @@ -724,6 +724,10 @@ class Coverage(object): coverage() constructor) will be read, and combined together into the current measurements. + `data_dirs` is a list of directories from which data files should be + combined. If no list is passed, then the data files from the current + directory will be combined. + """ self._init() aliases = None |