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@@ -85,22 +85,35 @@ The file **requirements.txt** has the list of python packages Travis installs.
 Our **.travis.yml** file use the service Coveralls: Travis pushes the coverage report to Coveralls every time it runs, i.e., every time you push something to your GitHub repository.  
  
 ## run python tests locally  
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 py.test  
 py.test -v  
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 py.test --cov .  
+py.test --cov . -v  
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 py.test --cov maths.py  
 py.test --cov maths.py -v  
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 py.test --cov-report term-missing --cov .  
+py.test --cov-report term-missing --cov . -v  
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 py.test --cov-report term-missing --cov=maths.py  
 py.test --cov-report term-missing --cov=maths.py -v  
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 py.test --doctest-modules -v  
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 py.test --doctest-modules --cov .  
+py.test --doctest-modules --cov . -v  
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 py.test --doctest-modules --cov . --cov-report term-missing  
+py.test --doctest-modules --cov . --cov-report term-missing -v  
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 py.test --doctest-modules --cov=maths3.py  
+py.test --doctest-modules --cov=maths3.py -v   
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 py.test --doctest-modules --cov=maths3.py --cov-report term-missing  
-py.test --cov-report term-missing    
-py.test --cov-report term-missing --ignore maths2.py  
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+py.test --doctest-modules --cov=maths3.py --cov-report term-missing -v  
 ##  setup.cfg file  
 you can use a setup.cfg file at the root of the project with configuration options (ignore maths2.py, cov-report term-missing, ....) to then invoke your tests with a simple call to py.test.  
 more details: