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[PATCH v2 0/7] Detailed test coverage reports for Git

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 25, 2010, 14:40 UTC
Message-ID
<1280068861-17701-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>
This is v2 of the test coverage series. It addresses all the points
that were raised for v1. Here's the diffstat against v1:
    
     .gitignore |   15 +++------------
     Makefile   |   19 +++++++++----------
     t/README   |   21 ++++++++++++++++-----
     3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
And the diff since v2:
    
    diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
    index e02f1f9..baed247 100644
    --- a/.gitignore
    +++ b/.gitignore
    @@ -207,12 +207,3 @@
    -/*.gcda
    -/*.gcno
    -/*.gcov
    -/builtin/*.gcda
    -/builtin/*.gcno
    -/builtin/*.gcov
    -/xdiff/*.gcda
    -/xdiff/*.gcno
    -/xdiff/*.gcov
    -/compat/*.gcda
    -/compat/*.gcno
    -/compat/*.gcov
    +*.gcda
    +*.gcno
    +*.gcov
    diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
    index c35c348..b6975aa 100644
    --- a/Makefile
    +++ b/Makefile
    @@ -2282,0 +2283 @@ coverage:
    +object_dirs := $(sort $(dir $(OBJECTS)))
    @@ -2284,4 +2285,3 @@ coverage-clean:
    -	$(RM) *.gcov *.gcda *.gcno
    -	$(RM) builtin/*.gcov
    -	$(RM) builtin/*.gcda
    -	$(RM) builtin/*.gcno
    +	$(RM) $(addsuffix *.gcov,$(object_dirs))
    +	$(RM) $(addsuffix *.gcda,$(object_dirs))
    +	$(RM) $(addsuffix *.gcno,$(object_dirs))
    @@ -2298,4 +2298,3 @@ coverage-report:
    -	gcov -b *.c
    -	gcov -b -o builtin builtin/*.c
    -	gcov -b -o xdiff xdiff/*.c
    -	gcov -b -o compat compat/*.c
    +	for dir in $(object_dirs); do \
    +		gcov --preserve-paths --branch-probabilities --all-blocks --object-directory=$$dir $$dir*.c; \
    +	done
    @@ -2303 +2302 @@ coverage-report:
    -coverage-report-untested-functions:
    +coverage-untested-functions: coverage-report
    @@ -2308 +2307 @@ coverage-report-untested-functions:
    -coverage-report-cover-db:
    +coverage-report-cover-db: coverage-report
    diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
    index 718f35d..400e2da 100644
    --- a/t/README
    +++ b/t/README
    @@ -273,0 +274,9 @@ Do:
    +   Don't blindly follow test coverage metrics, they're a good way to
    +   spot if you've missed something. If a new function you added
    +   doesn't have any coverage you're probably doing something wrong,
    +   but having 100% coverage doesn't necessarily mean that you tested
    +   everything.
    +
    +   Tests that are likely to smoke out future regressions are better
    +   than tests that just inflate the coverage metrics.
    +
    @@ -518,3 +527,5 @@ Test coverage
    -You can use the coverage tests to find out if your tests are really
    -testing your code code. To do that, run the coverage target at the
    -top-level (not in the t/ directory):
    +You can use the coverage tests to find code paths that are not being
    +used or properly exercised yet.
    +
    +To do that, run the coverage target at the top-level (not in the t/
    +directory):
    @@ -532 +543 @@ functions:
    -    make coverage-report-untested-functions
    +    make coverage-untested-functions
    @@ -537 +548 @@ Devel::Cover module. To install it do:
    -   # On Debian:
    +   # On Debian or Ubuntu:
    
I also rewrote some of the commit messages.
    
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (7):
  gitignore: Ignore files generated by "make coverage"
  Makefile: Include subdirectories in "make cover" reports
  Makefile: Split out the untested functions target
  Makefile: Add coverage-report-cover-db target
  Makefile: Add coverage-report-cover-db-html target
  t/README: A new section about test coverage
  t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasing
 .gitignore |    6 ++++++
 Makefile   |   17 +++++++++++++++--
 t/README   |   51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Next: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
Message 1 of 17 in “Detailed test coverage reports for Git”
  1. 0/7 Detailed test coverage reports for GitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  2. 1/7 gitignore: Ignore files generated by "make coverage"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  4. 2/7 Makefile: Include subdirectories in "make cover" reportsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  6. 3/7 Makefile: Split out the untested functions targetÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  7. 4/7 Makefile: Add coverage-report-cover-db targetÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  9. 5/7 Makefile: Add coverage-report-cover-db-html targetÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  11. 6/7 t/README: A new section about test coverageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  12. 7/7 t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  14. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 25, 2010
  15. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 25, 2010
  17. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010

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