covercmp

The covercmp command displays code coverage changes between unit tests. This plugin is heavily inspired by benchcmp

This tool is the first piece I needed in a larger project to support free code coverage in CI/CD especially because companies are looking to cut costs due to COVID-19

Usage

To measure the coverage impact of a change, use 'go test' to run coverage before and after the change:

go test -count=1 -cover > before.txt
# make changes
go test -count=1 -cover > after.txt

Then feed the coverage results to covercmp:

covercmp go before.txt after.txt

Covercmp will summarize and display the coverage changes, in a format like this:

package            before cov     after cov     delta
compress/bzip2     87.5%          97.5%         10.0%
compress/flate     82.7%          93.8%         11.1%
compress/gzip      89.9%          89.9%         0.0%
compress/lzw       87.2%          87.2%         0.0%
compress/zlib      84.7%          84.7%         0.0%

Installation

• Download the latest binary for your OS release from the releases page
• Rename the file to covercmp
• Make the file executable (chmod +x covercmp)
• Checkout the help menu for usage instructions covercmp help
• (Optional Step) Move it to a folder in your PATH variable. (mv covercmp /bin)

Supported Languages

• Golang
• TBD

Contribute

1. Pull requests are welcome
2. The API is open enough to support other Languages. See Golang driver implementation for more details