Code coverage for Go integration tests

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  Than McIntosh<br>
  8 March 2023
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  <h1 id="code-coverage-for-go-integration-tests">Code coverage for Go integration tests</h1>

Code coverage tools help developers determine what fraction of a source code base is executed (covered) when a given test suite is executed.

Go has for some time provided support (introduced in the Go 1.2 release) to measure code coverage at the package level, using the "-cover" flag of the “go test” command.

This tooling works well in most cases, but has some weaknesses for larger Go applications. For such applications, de...

Get the full details here: Code coverage for Go integration tests - The Go Programming Language

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