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| author | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2021-10-18 07:02:35 -0400 |
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| committer | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2021-10-18 07:02:35 -0400 |
| commit | 50a0e37ad2e7a5ec655a797f0688f616c8b1a56f (patch) | |
| tree | 4bc193ea76035b5524355338fc112610746d74ed /doc/config.rst | |
| parent | 6352398dcd822b761a552d9f02df6fc96ce3cbeb (diff) | |
| download | python-coveragepy-git-50a0e37ad2e7a5ec655a797f0688f616c8b1a56f.tar.gz | |
docs: clarify how --source affects reporting commands. #1159
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diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst index 8d0fc7e2..e44390e5 100644 --- a/doc/config.rst +++ b/doc/config.rst @@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ file paths in the data file. This makes it easier to measure code in one (or multiple) environments, and then report in another. See :ref:`cmd_combine` for details. +Note that setting ``source`` has to be done in the configuration file rather +than the command line for this option to work, since the reporting commands +need to know the source origin. + .. versionadded:: 5.0 .. _config_run_source: |