doc: Add guidelines to generate coverage reports with meson

These instructions were already available for configure-based builds,
but not the meson-based builds.  This commit closes the gap.

Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/d3751ca3-1ac9-cc5e-9315-cf9fb0eaa9e9@enterprisedb.com
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Michael Paquier 2023-03-09 09:21:47 +09:00
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instrumentation, so that it becomes possible to examine which
parts of the code are covered by the regression tests or any other
test suite that is run with the code. This is currently supported
when compiling with GCC, and it requires the <command>gcov</command>
and <command>lcov</command> programs.
when compiling with GCC, and it requires the <literal>gcov</literal>
and <literal>lcov</literal> packages.
</para>
<para>
A typical workflow looks like this:
<sect2 id="regress-coverage-configure">
<title>Coverage with Autoconf and Make</title>
<para>
A typical workflow looks like this:
<screen>
./configure --enable-coverage ... OTHER OPTIONS ...
make
make check # or other test suite
make coverage-html
</screen>
Then point your HTML browser
to <filename>coverage/index.html</filename>.
</para>
Then point your HTML browser
to <filename>coverage/index.html</filename>.
</para>
<para>
If you don't have <command>lcov</command> or prefer text output over an
HTML report, you can run
<para>
If you don't have <command>lcov</command> or prefer text output over an
HTML report, you can run
<screen>
make coverage
</screen>
instead of <literal>make coverage-html</literal>, which will
produce <filename>.gcov</filename> output files for each source file
relevant to the test. (<literal>make coverage</literal> and <literal>make
coverage-html</literal> will overwrite each other's files, so mixing them
might be confusing.)
</para>
instead of <literal>make coverage-html</literal>, which will
produce <filename>.gcov</filename> output files for each source file
relevant to the test. (<literal>make coverage</literal> and <literal>make
coverage-html</literal> will overwrite each other's files, so mixing them
might be confusing.)
</para>
<para>
You can run several different tests before making the coverage report;
the execution counts will accumulate. If you want
to reset the execution counts between test runs, run:
<para>
You can run several different tests before making the coverage report;
the execution counts will accumulate. If you want
to reset the execution counts between test runs, run:
<screen>
make coverage-clean
</screen>
</para>
</para>
<para>
You can run the <literal>make coverage-html</literal> or <literal>make
coverage</literal> command in a subdirectory if you want a coverage
report for only a portion of the code tree.
</para>
<para>
You can run the <literal>make coverage-html</literal> or <literal>make
coverage</literal> command in a subdirectory if you want a coverage
report for only a portion of the code tree.
</para>
<para>
Use <literal>make distclean</literal> to clean up when done.
</para>
<para>
Use <literal>make distclean</literal> to clean up when done.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="regress-coverage-meson">
<title>Coverage with Meson</title>
<para>
A typical workflow looks like this:
<screen>
meson setup -Db_coverage=true ... OTHER OPTIONS ... builddir/
meson compile -C builddir/
meson test -C builddir/
cd builddir/
ninja coverage-html
</screen>
Then point your HTML browser
to <filename>./meson-logs/coveragereport/index.html</filename>.
</para>
<para>
You can run several different tests before making the coverage report;
the execution counts will accumulate.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>