GCOVR

NAME

gcovr - generate simple coverage reports

DESCRIPTION

usage: gcovr [options] [search_paths...]

A utility to run gcov and summarize the coverage in simple reports.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show this help message, then exit.

--version

Print the version number, then exit.

-v, --verbose

Print progress messages. Please include this output in bug reports.

-r ROOT, --root ROOT

The root directory of your source files. Defaults to ’.’, the current directory. File names are reported relative to this root. The --root is the default --filter.

-a ADD_TRACEFILE, --add-tracefile ADD_TRACEFILE

Combine the coverage data from JSON files. Coverage files contains source files structure relative to root directory. Those structures are combined in the output relative to the current root directory. Unix style wildcards can be used to add the pathnames matching a specified pattern. In this case pattern must be set in double quotation marks. Option can be specified multiple times. When option is used gcov is not run to collect the new coverage data.

search_paths

Search these directories for coverage files. Defaults to --root and --object-directory. Config key: searchpath.

--config CONFIG

Load that configuration file. Defaults to gcovr.cfg in the --root directory.

--no-markers

Turn off exclusion markers. Any exclusion markers specified in source files will be ignored.

--fail-under-line MIN

Exit with a status of 2 if the total line coverage is less than MIN. Can be ORed with exit status of ’-- fail-under-branch’ option.

--fail-under-branch MIN

Exit with a status of 4 if the total branch coverage is less than MIN. Can be ORed with exit status of ’-- fail-under-line’ option.

--source-encoding SOURCE_ENCODING

Select the source file encoding. Defaults to the system default encoding (UTF-8).

--exclude-lines-by-pattern EXCLUDE_LINES_BY_PATTERN

Exclude lines that match this regex.

--exclude-branches-by-pattern EXCLUDE_BRANCHES_BY_PATTERN

Exclude branches that match this regex.

--exclude-pattern-prefix EXCLUDE_PATTERN_PREFIX

Define the regex prefix used in markers / line exclusions (i.e ..._EXCL_START, ..._EXCL_START, ..._EXCL_STOP)

Output Options:

Gcovr prints a text report by default, but can switch to XML or HTML.

-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT

Print output to this filename. Defaults to stdout. Individual output formats can override this.

-b, --branches

Report the branch coverage instead of the line coverage. For text report only. Config key: txtbranch.

--decisions

Report the decision coverage. For HTML and JSON report.

-u, --sort-uncovered

Sort entries by increasing number of uncovered lines. For text and HTML report.

-p, --sort-percentage

Sort entries by increasing percentage of uncovered lines. For text and HTML report.

--txt [OUTPUT]

Generate a text report. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--cobertura [OUTPUT], -x [OUTPUT], --xml [OUTPUT]

Generate a Cobertura XML report. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--cobertura-pretty, --xml-pretty

Pretty-print the Cobertura XML report. Implies --cobertura. Default: False.

--html [OUTPUT]

Generate a HTML report. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--html-details [OUTPUT]

Add annotated source code reports to the HTML report. Implies --html. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--html-details-syntax-highlighting

Use syntax highlighting in HTML details page. Enabled by default. Negation: --no-html-details-syntaxhighlighting.

--html-theme THEME

Override the default color theme for the HTML report. Default is green.

--html-css CSS

Override the default style sheet for the HTML report.

--html-title TITLE

Use TITLE as title for the HTML report. Default is ’GCC Code Coverage Report’.

--html-medium-threshold MEDIUM

If the coverage is below MEDIUM, the value is marked as low coverage in the HTML report. MEDIUM has to be lower than or equal to value of --html-high-threshold and greater than 0. If MEDIUM is equal to value of --html-high-threshold the report has only high and low coverage. Default is 75.0.

--html-high-threshold HIGH

If the coverage is below HIGH, the value is marked as medium coverage in the HTML report. HIGH has to be greater than or equal to value of --html-mediumthreshold. If HIGH is equal to value of --html-mediumthreshold the report has only high and low coverage. Default is 90.0.

--html-medium-threshold-branch MEDIUM_BRANCH

If the coverage is below MEDIUM_BRANCH, the value is marked as low coverage in the HTML report. MEDIUM_BRANCH has to be lower than or equal to value of --html-high-threshold-branch and greater than 0. If MEDIUM_BRANCH is equal to value of --html-mediumthreshold-branch the report has only high and low coverage. Default is taken from --html-mediumthreshold.

--html-high-threshold-branch HIGH_BRANCH

If the coverage is below HIGH_BRANCH, the value is marked as medium coverage in the HTML report. HIGH_BRANCH has to be greater than or equal to value of --html-medium-threshold-branch. If HIGH_BRANCH is equal to value of --html-medium-threshold-branch the report has only high and low coverage. Default is taken from --html-high-threshold.

--html-medium-threshold-line MEDIUM_LINE

If the coverage is below MEDIUM_LINE, the value is marked as low coverage in the HTML report. MEDIUM_LINE has to be lower than or equal to value of --html-highthreshold-line and greater than 0. If MEDIUM_LINE is equal to value of --html-medium-threshold-line the report has only high and low coverage. Default is taken from --html-medium-threshold.

--html-high-threshold-line HIGH_LINE

If the coverage is below HIGH_LINE, the value is marked as medium coverage in the HTML report. HIGH_LINE has to be greater than or equal to value of --html-medium-threshold-line. If HIGH_LINE is equal to value of --html-medium-threshold-line the report has only high and low coverage. Default is taken from --html-high-threshold.

--html-tab-size HTML_TAB_SIZE

Used spaces for a tab in a source file. Default is 4

--html-absolute-paths

Use absolute paths to link the --html-details reports. Defaults to relative links.

--html-encoding HTML_ENCODING

Override the declared HTML report encoding. Defaults to UTF-8. See also --source-encoding.

--html-self-contained

Control whether the HTML report bundles resources like CSS styles. Self-contained reports can be sent via email, but conflict with the Content Security Policy of some web servers. Defaults to self-contained reports unless --html-details is used. Negation: --nohtml-self-contained.

-s, --print-summary

Print a small report to stdout with line & function & branch percentage coverage. This is in addition to other reports. Default: False.

--sonarqube [OUTPUT]

Generate sonarqube generic coverage report in this file name. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--json [OUTPUT]

Generate a JSON report. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--json-pretty

Pretty-print the JSON report. Implies --json. Default: False.

--json-summary [OUTPUT]

Generate a JSON summary report. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--json-summary-pretty

Pretty-print the JSON SUMMARY report.Implies --jsonsummary. Default: False.

--csv [OUTPUT]

Generate a CSV summary report. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--coveralls [OUTPUT]

Generate Coveralls API coverage report in this file name. OUTPUT is optional and defaults to --output.

--coveralls-pretty

Pretty-print the coveralls report. Implies --coveralls. Default: False.

--timestamp TIMESTAMP

Override current time for reproducible reports. Can use ‘YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss‘ or epoch notation. Used by HTML, Coveralls, and Cobertura reports. Default: current time.

Filter Options:

Filters decide which files are included in the report. Any filter must match, and no exclude filter must match. A filter is a regular expression that matches a path. Filter paths use forward slashes, even on Windows. If the filter looks like an absolute path it is matched against an absolute path. Otherwise, the filter is matched against a relative path, where that path is relative to the current directory or if defined in a configuration file to the directory of the file.

-f FILTER, --filter FILTER

Keep only source files that match this filter. Can be specified multiple times. Relative filters are relative to the current working directory or if defined in a configuration file. If no filters are provided, defaults to --root.

-e EXCLUDE, --exclude EXCLUDE

Exclude source files that match this filter. Can be specified multiple times.

--gcov-filter GCOV_FILTER

Keep only gcov data files that match this filter. Can be specified multiple times.

--gcov-exclude GCOV_EXCLUDE

Exclude gcov data files that match this filter. Can be specified multiple times.

--exclude-directories EXCLUDE_DIRS

Exclude directories that match this regex while searching raw coverage files. Can be specified multiple times.

GCOV Options:

The ’gcov’ tool turns raw coverage files (.gcda and .gcno) into .gcov files that are then processed by gcovr. The gcno files are generated by the compiler. The gcda files are generated when the instrumented program is executed.

--gcov-executable GCOV_CMD

Use a particular gcov executable. Must match the compiler you are using, e.g. ’llvm-cov gcov’ for Clang. Can include additional arguments. Defaults to the GCOV environment variable, or ’gcov’: ’gcov’.

--include-internal-functions

Include function coverage of compiler internal functions (starting with ’__’ or ’_GLOBAL__sub_I_’).

--exclude-unreachable-branches

Exclude branch coverage from lines without useful source code (often, compiler-generated "dead" code). Default: False.

--exclude-function-lines

Exclude coverage from lines defining a function Default: False.

--exclude-throw-branches

For branch coverage, exclude branches that the compiler generates for exception handling. This often leads to more "sensible" coverage reports. Default: False.

-g, --use-gcov-files

Use existing gcov files for analysis. Default: False.

--gcov-ignore-parse-errors

Skip lines with parse errors in GCOV files instead of exiting with an error. A report will be shown on stderr. Default: False.

--object-directory OBJDIR

Override normal working directory detection. Gcovr needs to identify the path between gcda files and the directory where the compiler was originally run. Normally, gcovr can guess correctly. This option specifies either the path from gcc to the gcda file (i.e. gcc’s ’-o’ option), or the path from the gcda file to gcc’s working directory.

-k, --keep

Keep gcov files after processing. This applies both to files that were generated by gcovr, or were supplied via the --use-gcov-files option. Default: False. Config key: keep-gcov-files.

-d, --delete

Delete gcda files after processing. Default: False. Config key: delete-gcov-files.

-j [GCOV_PARALLEL]

Set the number of threads to use in parallel. Config key: gcov-parallel.

See <http://gcovr.com/> for the full manual.