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| author | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2019-10-01 06:45:13 -0400 |
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| committer | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2019-10-01 06:45:13 -0400 |
| commit | 1f876d049a20fa04c76dcef42562de1d1f43e3af (patch) | |
| tree | fae1ae974b8adafccd7a54bb5afe21418792fcf4 | |
| parent | 69c519c42f0818e0020b88ccfc46b30f3b4f7775 (diff) | |
| download | python-coveragepy-git-1f876d049a20fa04c76dcef42562de1d1f43e3af.tar.gz | |
Subprocesses only use config file options
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diff --git a/doc/subprocess.rst b/doc/subprocess.rst index 06068959..34d7f5ba 100644 --- a/doc/subprocess.rst +++ b/doc/subprocess.rst @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ examines the ``COVERAGE_PROCESS_START`` environment variable, and if it is set, begins coverage measurement. The environment variable's value will be used as the name of the :ref:`configuration file <config>` to use. +.. note:: + The subprocess only sees options in the configuration file. Options set on + the command line will not be used in the subprocesses. + When using this technique, be sure to set the parallel option to true so that multiple coverage.py runs will each write their data to a distinct file. |