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diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt index 4de506a654..a828b06b36 100644 --- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt +++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt @@ -163,6 +163,26 @@ associated tests will be skipped. .. _gettext: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html .. _selenium: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/selenium +Code coverage +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Contributors are encouraged to run coverage on the test suite to identify areas +that need additional tests. The coverage tool installation and use is described +in :ref:`testing code coverage<topics-testing-code-coverage>`. + +To run coverage on the Django test suite using the standard test settings:: + + coverage run ./runtests.py --settings=test_sqlite + +After running coverage, generate the html report by running:: + + coverage html + +When running coverage for the Django tests, the included ``.coveragerc`` +settings file defines ``coverage_html`` as the output directory for the report +and also excludes several directories not relevant to the results +(test code or external code included in Django). + .. _contrib-apps: Contrib apps |