[TIP] Question about nosetests coverage output
Ned Batchelder
ned at nedbatchelder.com
Wed Jan 6 10:30:10 PST 2016
On 1/6/16 1:01 PM, Fred Drake wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
>> It sounds like the second repo is using coverage.py 4.0.x. Reports in 3.7
>> used module-style names (dots, no extension). 4.0 uses file-style names
>> (slashes, with extensions). This was done because 4.0 supports reporting on
>> non-Python files, such as Django template files.
>>
>> The HTML report has the version of coverage in the footer. You can check
>> there for sure what version is being used for each repo.
> Interesting. I suspect I'm doing something horrible, but just haven't
> figured out what.
>
> The HTML footer definitely says "coverage.py v3.7.1" (screenshot attached, just
> for giggles).
Both footers say 3.7.1?
>
> This is the command I'm running:
>
> python2.7 setup.py nosetests --cover-html --cover-html-dir=...
>
> My setup.cfg includes this configuration for nosetests:
>
> [nosetests]
> tests = kt.testing.tests.foundation,
> kt.testing.tests.composite,
> kt.testing.tests.requests
>
> detailed-errors = 1
> nocapture = 1
> verbosity = 1
>
> # Coverage configuration.
> cover-branches = 1
> cover-erase = 1
> cover-package = kt.testing
> with-coverage = 1
FWIW, I strongly prefer using coverage to run nose rather than the other
way around. I guess that's to be expected :) This may be an effect of
the nose coverage plugin somehow.
>
> This is using the python-coverage 3.7.1+dfsg.1-1ubuntu2 package installed from
> the Ubuntu repositories; since I re-build this VM regularly I know I
> don't have any
> leftover bits & pieces installed that I'd forgotten.
>
>
> -Fred
>
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