[Python-checkins] devguide: Fix the coverage.py statement for generating HTML reports.

brett.cannon python-checkins at python.org
Tue Feb 1 22:21:24 CET 2011


brett.cannon pushed b0bba5777e1e to devguide:

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/b0bba5777e1e
changeset:   225:b0bba5777e1e
tag:         tip
user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date:        Mon Jan 31 21:08:53 2011 -0800
summary:
  Fix the coverage.py statement for generating HTML reports.

files:
  coverage.rst

diff --git a/coverage.rst b/coverage.rst
--- a/coverage.rst
+++ b/coverage.rst
@@ -120,12 +120,13 @@
 But one of the strengths of coverage.py is its HTML-based reports which lets
 you visually see what lines of code were not tested::
 
-    ./python -m coverage -d coverage_html html -i --omit="*/test/*,*/tests/*"
+    ./python -m coverage html -i --omit="*/test/*,*/tests/*"
 
-This will generate an HTML report which ignores any errors that may arise and
-ignores test modules. You can then open the ``coverage_html/index.html`` file
+This will generate an HTML report in a directory named ``htmlcov`` which
+ignores any errors that may arise and
+ignores test modules. You can then open the ``htmlcov/index.html`` file
 in a web browser to view the coverage results along with pages that visibly
-show what lines of code were not executed.
+show what lines of code were or were not executed.
 
 
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