feat: add --covered-only flag to skip uncovered lines#57
Open
danrneal wants to merge 1 commit into
Open
Conversation
This introduces a CoverageFilter that automatically generates a temporary go test coverage profile. It skips mutating any AST nodes located on lines with 0 test coverage, drastically reducing noise and improving execution speed.
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Mutation testing provides excellent value by finding untested code paths, but generating and testing mutants on lines of code that are already known to have zero test coverage creates a lot of unnecessary noise and drastically slows down execution.
This PR introduces a
--covered-onlyflag that automatically filters out these low-value mutations.How it works:
go test -coverprofile=...on the target packages in the background to generate a temporary coverage profile.golang.org/x/tools/coverpackage.The result is a significantly faster mutation run. The generated reports are also much cleaner because they only highlight genuine logic blind spots in code that the test suite actually covers.
Included in this PR:
CoverageFilterimplementation in thefilterpackage.main.go.