Factor execfile out of cmdline, so that we can call python main programs properly: now they get the correct value for __file__.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/execfile.py b/coverage/execfile.py
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+++ b/coverage/execfile.py
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+"""Execute files of Python code."""
+
+import os, sys
+
+def run_python_file(filename):
+    mod_globals = {
+        '__name__': '__main__',
+        '__file__': filename,
+    }
+    sys.path[0] = os.path.dirname(filename)
+    execfile(filename, mod_globals)