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| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/cmdline.py | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/control.py | 2 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/cmdline.py b/coverage/cmdline.py index e1a447d2..a0184af8 100644 --- a/coverage/cmdline.py +++ b/coverage/cmdline.py @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ class Opts(object): ) include = optparse.Option( '', '--include', action='store', - metavar="PRE1,PRE2,...", - help="Include files only when their filename path starts with one of " - "these prefixes." + metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...", + help="Include files only when their filename path matches one of " + "these patterns. Usually needs quoting on the command line." ) pylib = optparse.Option( '-L', '--pylib', action='store_true', @@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ class Opts(object): ) old_omit = optparse.Option( '-o', '--omit', action='store', - metavar="PRE1,PRE2,...", - help="Omit files when their filename path starts with one of these " - "prefixes." + metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...", + help="Omit files when their filename matches one of these patterns. " + "Usually needs quoting on the command line." ) omit = optparse.Option( '', '--omit', action='store', - metavar="PRE1,PRE2,...", - help="Omit files when their filename path starts with one of these " - "prefixes." + metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...", + help="Omit files when their filename matches one of these patterns. " + "Usually needs quoting on the command line." ) output_xml = optparse.Option( '-o', '', action='store', dest="outfile", diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py index 6770a65e..4a0e675e 100644 --- a/coverage/control.py +++ b/coverage/control.py @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class coverage(object): if canonical.startswith(self.cover_prefix): return False - # Check the file against the include and omit prefixes. + # Check the file against the include and omit patterns. if self.include: for pattern in self.include: if fnmatch.fnmatch(canonical, pattern): |