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===============
python-coverage
===============

-------------------------------------------------
measure code coverage of Python program execution
-------------------------------------------------

:Author: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
:Author: |author|
:Date: 2019-11-11
:Copyright: Apache 2.0 license, attribution and disclaimer required.
:Manual section: 1
:Manual group: Coverage.py

..  |command| replace:: **python-coverage**

..
    To test this file:
    $ rst2man < doc/python-coverage.1.txt  | groff -man -Tascii


SYNOPSIS
========

| |command| `command` [ `option` ... ]
| |command| **help** [ `command` ]


DESCRIPTION
===========

|command| executes a Python program and measures which of its statements are
executed and which are not, and reports these coverage measurements.


COMMAND OVERVIEW
================

|command| **annotate**
    Annotate source files with execution information.

|command| **combine**
    Combine a number of data files.

|command| **debug**
    Display information about the internals of coverage.py.

|command| **erase**
    Erase previously collected coverage data.

|command| **help**
    Get help on using coverage.py.

|command| **html**
    Create an HTML report.

|command| **json**
    Create a JSON report of coverage results.

|command| **report**
    Report coverage stats on modules.

|command| **run**
    Run a Python program and measure code execution.

|command| **xml**
    Create an XML report of coverage results.


GLOBAL OPTIONS
==============

**--help**, **-h**
    Describe how to use coverage.py, in general or a command.

**--rcfile** `RCFILE`
    Specify configuration file `RCFILE`.  By default '.coveragerc',
    'setup.cfg', 'tox.ini', and 'pyproject.toml' are tried.

**--debug** `DEBUGOPT`,...
    Debug options `DEBUGOPT`, separated by commas.



COMMAND REFERENCE
=================

**annotate** [ `option` ... ]

    Options:

    \-d `DIR`, --directory=`DIR`
        Write the output files to DIR.

    \-i, --ignore-errors
        Ignore errors while reading source files.

    \--include `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Include only files whose paths match one of these
        PATTERNs. Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted.

    \--omit `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Omit files when their file name matches one of these PATTERNs.
        Usually needs quoting on the command line.

**combine** [ `option` ... ] [ `PATH` ... ]

    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.

    If `PATH` is specified, they are files or directories containing data to
    be combined.

    Options:

    \--append
        Append coverage data to .coverage, otherwise it starts clean each
        time.

**debug** `TOPIC` ...

    Display information about the internals of coverage.py, for diagnosing
    problems.

    Topics are:

        ``data`` to show a summary of the collected data;
        ``sys`` to show installation information;
        ``config`` to show the configuration;
        ``premain`` to show what is calling coverage.

**erase**

    Erase previously collected coverage data.

**help** [ `command` ]

    Describe how to use coverage.py.

**html** [ `option` ... ] [ `MODULE` ... ]

    Create an HTML report of the coverage of each `MODULE` file. Each file
    gets its own page, with the source decorated to show executed,
    excluded, and missed lines.

    Options:

    \--contexts `PAT` [ , ... ]
        Only include contexts that match one of the regex patterns.

    \-d `DIR`, --directory `DIR`
        Write the output files to `DIR`.

    \--fail-under `MIN`
        Exit with a status of 2 if the total coverage is less than `MIN`.

    \-i, --ignore-errors
        Ignore errors while reading source files.

    \--include `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Include only files whose paths match one of these
        PATTERNs. Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted.

    \--omit `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Omit files when their file name matches one of these PATTERNs.
        Usually needs quoting on the command line.

    \--precision `N`
        Number of digits after the decimal point to display for
        reported coverage percentages.

    \--show-contexts
        Annotate lines with the contexts that executed them.

    \--skip-covered
        Skip files with 100% coverage.

    \--no-skip-covered
        Disable ``--skip-covered``.

    \--skip-empty
        Skip files with no code.

    \--title `TITLE`
        Use the text string `TITLE` as the title on the HTML.

**json** [ `option` ... ] [ `MODULE` ... ]

    Generate a JSON report of coverage results.

    \--contexts `PAT` [ , ... ]
        Only include contexts that match one of the regex patterns.

    \--fail-under `MIN`
        Exit with a status of 2 if the total coverage is less than `MIN`.

    \-i, --ignore-errors
        Ignore errors while reading source files.

    \--include `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Include only files whose paths match one of these
        PATTERNs. Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted.

    \-o `OUTFILE`
        Write the JSON report to `OUTFILE`. Defaults to ``coverage.json``.

    \--omit `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Omit files when their file name matches one of these PATTERNs.
        Usually needs quoting on the command line.

    \--pretty-print
        Format the JSON for human readers.

    \--show-contexts
        Include information about the contexts that executed each line.


**report** [ `option` ... ] [ `MODULE` ... ]

    Report coverage statistics on each `MODULE`.

    Options:

    \--contexts `PAT` [ , ... ]
        Only include contexts that match one of the regex patterns.

    \--fail-under `MIN`
        Exit with a status of 2 if the total coverage is less than `MIN`.

    \-i, --ignore-errors
        Ignore errors while reading source files.

    \--include `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Include only files whose paths match one of these
        PATTERNs. Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted.

    \--omit `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Omit files when their file name matches one of these PATTERNs.
        Usually needs quoting on the command line.

    \-m, --show-missing
        Show line numbers of statements in each module that weren't
        executed.

    \--precision `N`
        Number of digits after the decimal point to display for
        reported coverage percentages.

    \--skip-covered
        Skip files with 100% coverage.

    \--no-skip-covered
        Disable ``--skip-covered``.

    \--skip-empty
        Skip files with no code.

    \--sort `COLUMN`
        Sort the report by thee named column: `name`, `stmts`, `miss`,
        `branch`, `brpart`, or `cover`.


**run** [ `options` ... ] `PROGRAMFILE` [ `program_options` ]

    Run a Python program `PROGRAMFILE`, measuring code execution.

    Options:

    \-a, --append
        Append coverage data to .coverage, otherwise it is started clean
        with each run.

    \--branch
        Measure branch coverage in addition to statement coverage.

    \--concurrency `LIB`
        Properly measure code using a concurrency library. Valid values are:
        thread, gevent, greenlet, eventlet, multiprocessing.

    \--context `CONTEXT`
        The context label to record for this coverage run.

    \--include `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Include only files whose paths match one of these
        PATTERNs. Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted.

    \-m
        `PROGRAMFILE` is interpreted as a module name.

    \--omit `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Omit files when their file name matches one of these PATTERNs.
        Usually needs quoting on the command line.

    \-L, --pylib
        Measure coverage even inside the Python installed library, which
        isn't done by default.

    \-p, --parallel-mode
        Append the machine name, process id and random number to the
        ``.coverage`` data file name to simplify collecting data from many
        processes.

    \--source `SOURCE` ...
        A list of packages or directories of code to be measured.

    \--timid
        Use a simpler but slower trace method. Try this if you get
        seemingly impossible results!

**xml** [ `options` ... ] [ `MODULES` ... ]

    Generate an XML report of coverage results on each `MODULE`.

    Options:

    \--fail-under `MIN`
        Exit with a status of 2 if the total coverage is less than `MIN`.

    \-i, --ignore-errors
        Ignore errors while reading source files.

    \--include `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Include only files whose paths match one of these
        PATTERNs. Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted.

    \--omit `PATTERN` [ , ... ]
        Omit files when their file name matches one of these PATTERNs.
        Usually needs quoting on the command line.

    \-o `OUTFILE`
        Write the XML report to `OUTFILE`. Defaults to ``coverage.xml``.

    \--skip-empty
        Skip files with no code.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
=====================

COVERAGE_FILE

    Path to the file where coverage measurements are collected to and
    reported from. Default: ``.coverage`` in the current working directory.

COVERAGE_RCFILE

    Path to the configuration file, often named ``.coveragerc``.

HISTORY
=======

The |command| command is a Python program which calls the ``coverage``
Python library to do all the work.

It was originally developed by Gareth Rees, and is now developed
by Ned Batchelder and many others.

This manual page was written by |author|.

..  |author| replace:: |authorname| |authoremail|
..  |authorname| replace:: Ben Finney
..  |authoremail| replace:: <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>

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