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authorNed Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>2022-11-28 10:12:56 -0500
committerNed Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>2022-11-29 20:08:48 -0500
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feat: file paths are only remapped if the result exists
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@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ combined with data for "c:\\myproj\\src\\module.py", and will be reported
against the source file found at "src/module.py".
If you specify more than one list of paths, they will be considered in order.
-The first list that has a match will be used.
+A file path will only be remapped if the result exists. If a path matches a
+list, but the result doesn't exist, the next list will be tried. The first
+list that has an existing result will be used.
Remapping will also be done during reporting, but only within the single data
file being reported. Combining multiple files requires the ``combine``