HTML output directory is now settable in the .rc file.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/config.py b/coverage/config.py
index b8f114a9..9307fad7 100644
--- a/coverage/config.py
+++ b/coverage/config.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class CoverageConfig(object):
         self.ignore_errors = False
         self.omit_prefixes = None
 
+        # Defaults for [html]
+        self.html_dir = "htmlcov"
+
     def from_environment(self, env_var):
         """Read configuration from the `env_var` environment variable."""
         # Timidity: for nose users, read an environment variable.  This is a
@@ -79,3 +82,7 @@ class CoverageConfig(object):
                     omit = omit.strip()
                     if omit:
                         self.omit_prefixes.append(omit)
+
+        # [html]
+        if cp.has_option('html', 'directory'):
+            self.html_dir = cp.get('html', 'directory')
diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py
index 948d3801..3a1b7f0f 100644
--- a/coverage/control.py
+++ b/coverage/control.py
@@ -352,11 +352,12 @@ class coverage(object):
         """
         self.config.from_args(
             ignore_errors=ignore_errors,
-            omit_prefixes=omit_prefixes
+            omit_prefixes=omit_prefixes,
+            html_dir=directory,
             )
         reporter = HtmlReporter(self, self.config.ignore_errors)
         reporter.report(
-            morfs, directory=directory,
+            morfs, directory=self.config.html_dir,
             omit_prefixes=self.config.omit_prefixes
             )
 
@@ -379,7 +380,8 @@ class coverage(object):
                 morfs, omit_prefixes=self.config.omit_prefixes, outfile=outfile
                 )
         finally:
-            outfile.close()
+            if outfile:
+                outfile.close()
 
     def sysinfo(self):
         """Return a list of key,value pairs showing internal information."""