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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/help/combine.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/python-coverage.1.txt | 6 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/cmd.rst b/doc/cmd.rst index f6087fec..2b2086b1 100644 --- a/doc/cmd.rst +++ b/doc/cmd.rst @@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ setting to store relative file paths (see :ref:`relative_files If any of the data files can't be read, coverage.py will print a warning indicating the file and the problem. +The original input data files are deleted once they've been combined. If you +want to keep those files, use the ``--keep`` command-line option. + .. include:: help/combine.rst diff --git a/doc/help/combine.rst b/doc/help/combine.rst index c35d5b93..7926e9cd 100644 --- a/doc/help/combine.rst +++ b/doc/help/combine.rst @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Options: -a, --append Append coverage data to .coverage, otherwise it starts clean each time. - --keep Keep combined coverage files, otherwise they are deleted. + --keep Keep original coverage files, otherwise they are deleted. --debug=OPTS Debug options, separated by commas. [env: COVERAGE_DEBUG] -h, --help Get help on this command. --rcfile=RCFILE Specify configuration file. By default '.coveragerc', diff --git a/doc/python-coverage.1.txt b/doc/python-coverage.1.txt index 10a8927a..00c243de 100644 --- a/doc/python-coverage.1.txt +++ b/doc/python-coverage.1.txt @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ COMMAND REFERENCE 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. - Unless --keep is provided the combined coverage files are deleted. + union of the data. Unless --keep is provided the original input + coverage files are deleted. If `PATH` is specified, they are files or directories containing data to be combined. @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ COMMAND REFERENCE time. \--keep - Keep combined coverage file. + Keep original coverage data files. **debug** `TOPIC` ... |