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| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/cmdline.py | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/python-coverage.1.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/cmdline.py b/coverage/cmdline.py index bd10d5a8..c723fa95 100644 --- a/coverage/cmdline.py +++ b/coverage/cmdline.py @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class Opts(object): include = optparse.make_option( '', '--include', action='store', metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...", - help="Include files only when their filename path matches one of " - "these patterns. Usually needs quoting on the command line." + help="Include only files whose paths match one of these patterns." + "Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted." ) pylib = optparse.make_option( '-L', '--pylib', action='store_true', @@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ class Opts(object): old_omit = optparse.make_option( '-o', '--omit', action='store', metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...", - help="Omit files when their filename matches one of these patterns. " - "Usually needs quoting on the command line." + help="Omit files whose paths match one of these patterns. " + "Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted." ) omit = optparse.make_option( '', '--omit', action='store', metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...", - help="Omit files when their filename matches one of these patterns. " - "Usually needs quoting on the command line." + help="Omit files whose paths match one of these patterns. " + "Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted." ) output_xml = optparse.make_option( '-o', '', action='store', dest="outfile", diff --git a/doc/python-coverage.1.txt b/doc/python-coverage.1.txt index 89c70b53..9ea5f4ee 100644 --- a/doc/python-coverage.1.txt +++ b/doc/python-coverage.1.txt @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ GLOBAL OPTIONS Usually needs quoting on the command line. **--include** `PATTERN` [ , ... ] - Include files only when their filename path matches one of these - PATTERNs. Usually needs quoting on the command line. + Include only files whose paths match one of these + PATTERNs. Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted. COMMAND REFERENCE |