LCOV info Output

If you are using tools which handle LCOV info file you can get a coverage report in a suitable info format via the --lcov option:

gcovr --lcov coverage.lcov

If the given name ends with the suffix .gz the report is compressed by gzip, if it ends with .xz it is compressed by LZMA.

With the following options you can set user defined fields in the coverage report:

• --lcov-comment defines an optional comment.

• --lcov-test-name changes the test name.

Keep in mind that the output contains the checksums of the source files. If you are using different operating systems, the line endings shall be the same.

The LCOV info format is documented at https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov/blob/07a1127c2b4390abf4a516e9763fb28a956a9ce4/man/geninfo.1#L989.

Added in version 8.5: Added --lcov-format-version.

Deprecated since version 8.5: Deprecated --lcov-format-1.x mapped to --lcov-format-version=1.x.

Added in version 7.0: Added --lcov, --lcov-comment and --lcov-test-name.