.. _config: =================== Configuration files =================== :history: 20100223T201600, new for 3.3 :history: 20100725T211700, updated for 3.4. :history: 20100824T092900, added ``precision``. :history: 20110604T184400, updated for 3.5. :history: 20110827T212700, updated for 3.5.1 Coverage.py options can be specified in a configuration file. This makes it easier to re-run coverage with consistent settings, and also allows for specification of options that are otherwise only available in the :ref:`API `. Configuration files also make it easier to get coverage testing of spawned sub-processes. See :ref:`subprocess` for more details. The default name for configuration files is ``.coveragerc``, in the same directory coverage.py is being run in. Most of the settings in the configuration file are tied to your source code and how it should be measured, so it should be stored with your source, and checked into source control, rather than put in your home directory. Syntax ------ A coverage.py configuration file is in classic .ini file format: sections are introduced by a ``[section]`` header, and contain ``name = value`` entries. Lines beginning with ``#`` or ``;`` are ignored as comments. Strings don't need quotes. Multi-valued strings can be created by indenting values on multiple lines. Boolean values can be specified as ``on``, ``off``, ``true``, ``false``, ``1``, or ``0`` and are case-insensitive. Many sections and values correspond roughly to commands and options in the :ref:`command-line interface `. Here's a sample configuration file:: # .coveragerc to control coverage.py [run] branch = True [report] # Regexes for lines to exclude from consideration exclude_lines = # Have to re-enable the standard pragma pragma: no cover # Don't complain about missing debug-only code: def __repr__ if self\.debug # Don't complain if tests don't hit defensive assertion code: raise AssertionError raise NotImplementedError # Don't complain if non-runnable code isn't run: if 0: if __name__ == .__main__.: ignore_errors = True [html] directory = coverage_html_report [run] ----- These values are generally used when running product code, though some apply to more than one command. ``branch`` (boolean, default False): whether to measure :ref:`branch coverage ` in addition to statement coverage. ``cover_pylib`` (boolean, default False): whether to measure the Python standard library. ``data_file`` (string, default ".coverage"): the name of the data file to use for storing or reporting coverage. ``include`` (multi-string): a list of filename patterns, the files to include in measurement or reporting. See :ref:`source` for details. ``omit`` (multi-string): a list of filename patterns, the files to leave out of measurement or reporting. See :ref:`source` for details. ``parallel`` (boolean, default False): append the machine name, process id and random number to the data file name to simplify collecting data from many processes. See :ref:`cmd_combining` for more information. ``source`` (multi-string): a list of packages or directories, the source to measure during execution. See :ref:`source` for details. ``timid`` (boolean, default False): use a simpler but slower trace method. Try this if you get seemingly impossible results. .. _config_paths: [paths] ------- The entries in this section are lists of file paths that should be considered equivalent when combining data from different machines:: [paths] source = src/ /jenkins/build/*/src c:\myproj\src The names of the entries are ignored, you may choose any name that you like. The value is a lists of strings. When combining data with the ``combine`` command, two file paths will be combined if they start with paths from the same list. The first value must be an actual file path on the machine where the reporting will happen, so that source code can be found. The other values can be file patterns to match against the paths of collected data. See :ref:`cmd_combining` for more information. [report] -------- Values common to many kinds of reporting. ``exclude_lines`` (multi-string): a list of regular expressions. Any line of your source code that matches one of these regexes is excluded from being reported as missing. More details are in :ref:`excluding`. If you use this option, you are replacing all the exclude regexes, so you'll need to also supply the "pragma: no cover" regex if you still want to use it. ``ignore_errors`` (boolean, default False): ignore source code that can't be found. ``include`` (multi-string): a list of filename patterns, the files to include in reporting. See :ref:`source` for details. ``omit`` (multi-string): a list of filename patterns, the files to leave out of reporting. See :ref:`source` for details. ``partial_branches`` (multi-string): a list of regular expressions. Any line of code that matches one of these regexes is excused from being reported as a partial branch. More details are in :ref:`branch`. If you use this option, you are replacing all the partial branch regexes so you'll need to also supply the "pragma: no branch" regex if you still want to use it. ``precision`` (integer): the number of digits after the decimal point to display for reported coverage percentages. The default is 0, displaying for example "87%". A value of 2 will display percentages like "87.32%". ``show_missing`` (boolean, default False): when running a summary report, show missing lines. See :ref:`cmd_summary` for more information. .. _config_html: [html] ------ Values particular to HTML reporting. The values in the ``[report]`` section also apply to HTML output, where appropriate. ``directory`` (string, default "htmlcov"): where to write the HTML report files. ``extra_css`` (string): the path to a file of CSS to apply to the HTML report. The file will be copied into the HTML output directory. Don't name it "style.css". This CSS is in addition to the CSS normally used, though you can overwrite as many of the rules as you like. [xml] ----- Values particular to XML reporting. The values in the ``[report]`` section also apply to XML output, where appropriate. ``output`` (string, default "coverage.xml"): where to write the XML report.