Ugh. Setting the xml output file in the .coveragerc file simply didn't work. Now it does.

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/test/test_cmdline.py b/test/test_cmdline.py
index e8e2336e..af46d954 100644
--- a/test/test_cmdline.py
+++ b/test/test_cmdline.py
@@ -553,11 +553,11 @@ class NewCmdLineTest(CmdLineTest):
         # coverage xml [-i] [--omit DIR,...] [FILE1 FILE2 ...]
         self.cmd_executes("xml", self.INIT_LOAD + """\
             .xml_report(ignore_errors=None, omit=None, include=None, morfs=[],
-                    outfile="coverage.xml")
+                    outfile=None)
             """)
         self.cmd_executes("xml -i", self.INIT_LOAD + """\
             .xml_report(ignore_errors=True, omit=None, include=None, morfs=[],
-                    outfile="coverage.xml")
+                    outfile=None)
             """)
         self.cmd_executes("xml -o myxml.foo", self.INIT_LOAD + """\
             .xml_report(ignore_errors=None, omit=None, include=None, morfs=[],
@@ -571,21 +571,21 @@ class NewCmdLineTest(CmdLineTest):
             .coverage(cover_pylib=None, data_suffix=None, timid=None, branch=None, config_file=True, source=None, include=None, omit=["fooey"])
             .load()
             .xml_report(ignore_errors=None, omit=["fooey"], include=None, morfs=[],
-                    outfile="coverage.xml")
+                    outfile=None)
             """)
         self.cmd_executes("xml --omit fooey,booey", """\
             .coverage(cover_pylib=None, data_suffix=None, timid=None, branch=None, config_file=True, source=None, include=None, omit=["fooey", "booey"])
             .load()
             .xml_report(ignore_errors=None, omit=["fooey", "booey"], include=None,
-                    morfs=[], outfile="coverage.xml")
+                    morfs=[], outfile=None)
             """)
         self.cmd_executes("xml mod1", self.INIT_LOAD + """\
             .xml_report(ignore_errors=None, omit=None, include=None, morfs=["mod1"],
-                    outfile="coverage.xml")
+                    outfile=None)
             """)
         self.cmd_executes("xml mod1 mod2 mod3", self.INIT_LOAD + """\
             .xml_report(ignore_errors=None, omit=None, include=None,
-                    morfs=["mod1", "mod2", "mod3"], outfile="coverage.xml")
+                    morfs=["mod1", "mod2", "mod3"], outfile=None)
             """)
 
     def test_no_arguments_at_all(self):
diff --git a/test/test_xml.py b/test/test_xml.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba17d430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_xml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Tests for XML reports from coverage.py."""
+
+import os, sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.split(__file__)[0]) # Force relative import for Py3k
+from coveragetest import CoverageTest
+
+class XmlReportTest(CoverageTest):
+    """Tests of the XML reports from coverage.py."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(XmlReportTest, self).setUp()
+        self.make_file("mycode.py", "print('hello')\n")
+        self.run_command("coverage run mycode.py")
+
+    def test_default_file_placement(self):
+        self.run_command("coverage xml")
+        self.assert_exists("coverage.xml")
+
+    def test_argument_affects_xml_placement(self):
+        self.run_command("coverage xml -o put_it_there.xml")
+        self.assert_doesnt_exist("coverage.xml")
+        self.assert_exists("put_it_there.xml")
+
+    def test_config_affects_xml_placement(self):
+        self.make_file(".coveragerc", "[xml]\noutput = xml.out\n")
+        self.run_command("coverage xml")
+        self.assert_doesnt_exist("coverage.xml")
+        self.assert_exists("xml.out")