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diff --git a/doc/cmd.rst b/doc/cmd.rst index b945bf2c..4038fd82 100644 --- a/doc/cmd.rst +++ b/doc/cmd.rst @@ -270,8 +270,11 @@ different subdirectory. Coverage needs to know that different file paths are actually the same source file for reporting purposes. You can tell coverage.py how different source locations relate with a -``[paths]`` section in your configuration file. See :ref:`config_paths` for -details. +``[paths]`` section in your configuration file (see :ref:`config_paths`). +It might be more convenient to use the ``[run] relative_files`` +setting to store relative file paths (see :ref:`relative_files +<config_run_relative_files>`). + If any of the data files can't be read, coverage.py will print a warning indicating the file and the problem. |