diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/config.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst index bcb2441..3fe772f 100644 --- a/doc/config.rst +++ b/doc/config.rst @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ specification of options that are otherwise only available in the Configuration files also make it easier to get coverage testing of spawned sub-processes. See :ref:`subprocess` for more details. +The default name for configuration files is ``.coveragerc``, in the same +directory coverage.py is being run in. Most of the settings in the +configuration file are tied to your source code and how it should be +measured, so it should be stored with your source, and checked into +source control, rather than put in your home directory. Syntax |