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diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING index a0072ec53..39eafec20 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING +++ b/doc/HACKING @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Running gcov for unit test coverage ----- ./configure --enable-coverage make - ./src/test/test + make check mkdir coverage-output ./contrib/coverage coverage-output ----- @@ -135,6 +135,20 @@ If that doesn't work: * Try configuring Tor with --disable-gcc-hardening * You might need to run 'make clean' after you run './configure'. +If you make changes to Tor and want to get another set of coverage results, +you can run "make reset-gcov" to clear the intermediary gcov output. + +If you have two different "coverage-output" directories, and you want to see +a meaningful diff between them, you can run: + +----- + ./contrib/cov-diff coverage-output1 coverage-output2 | less +----- + +In this diff, any lines that were visited at least once will have coverage +"1". This lets you inspect what you (probably) really want to know: which +untested lines were changed? Are there any new untested lines? + Running integration tests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |