Compare UndercoverCI vs. pytest-cov

Enhance your Ruby testing and GitHub experience with actionable coverage insights that allow your team to deliver robust code efficiently while minimizing the time spent on pull request assessments. Rather than striving for a perfect 100% test coverage, focus on decreasing defects in your pull requests by identifying untested code changes before they go live. After a straightforward setup where the CI server runs tests and sends coverage results to UndercoverCI, you can ensure that every pull request is meticulously examined; we analyze the changes in your code and assess local test coverage for each modified class, method, and block, as merely knowing the overall percentage is insufficient. This tool uncovers untested methods and blocks, highlights unused code paths, and aids in refining your test suite. You can easily integrate UndercoverCI's hosted GitHub App or dive into the array of Ruby gems available. With a fully-featured integration for code review through GitHub, setup is quick and tailored for your organization’s needs. Moreover, the UndercoverCI initiative and its associated Ruby gems are completely open-source and can be utilized freely in your local environment and throughout your CI/CD processes, making it a versatile choice for any development team. By adopting UndercoverCI, you not only improve your code quality but also foster a culture of continuous improvement within your team.

This plugin generates detailed coverage reports that offer more functionality compared to merely using coverage run. It includes support for subprocess execution, allowing you to fork or run tasks in a subprocess while still obtaining coverage seamlessly. Additionally, it integrates with xdist, enabling the use of all pytest-xdist features without sacrificing coverage reporting. The plugin maintains consistent behavior with pytest, ensuring that all functionalities provided by the coverage package are accessible either via pytest-cov's command line options or through coverage's configuration file. In rare cases, a stray .pth file might remain in the site packages after execution. To guarantee that each test run starts with clean data, the data file is cleared at the start of testing. If you wish to merge coverage results from multiple test runs, you can utilize the --cov-append option to add this data to that of previous runs. Furthermore, the data file is retained at the conclusion of testing, allowing users to leverage standard coverage tools for further analysis of the results. This additional functionality enhances the overall user experience by providing better management of coverage data throughout the testing process.