run subcommand should take a module name

[nedbat]

Originally reported by Anonymous

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A la python -m switch, it'd be helpful to pass a the name of a module to cover, instead of just a file.

The use case here is integration with unittest's test discovery. As of 2.7 can do python -m unittest discover and it will find your tests. There's no way AFAICT to simulate this correctly - trying to pass '/usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/init.py' as run's argument messes up import paths.

Currently, I wrote a little stub that just calls unittest's main(), but figuring this out how to do this was slightly annoying.

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/95

[nedbat]

Original comment by Peter Fein (Bitbucket: pfein, GitHub: pfein)

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Oops, wasn't logged in when I posted this... pfein@pobox.com

[nedbat]

Original comment by Brandon Rhodes (Bitbucket: brandon, GitHub: brandon)

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A patch that provides a "-m" option is now ready at https://bitbucket.org/brandon/coverage.py if anyone watching this issue wants to try it out! I have issued a pull request, so Ned should be looking at it when he gets a chance.

[nedbat]

Finished in <<changeset 99468f10e88e (bb)>>.

[nedbat]

Original comment by Carl Gieringer (Bitbucket: carlgieringer, GitHub: carlgieringer)

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Thank you.