Microsoft code coverage functionality is closed source. This repository contains documentation and samples. You can also use it to report any issues related to Microsoft.CodeCoverage
NuGet package, dotnet-coverage
NuGet package or Visual Studio code coverage functionality.
To collect code coverage for .NET test project you can simply execute:
dotnet new mstest -o mstests
cd mstests
dotnet test --collect "Code Coverage;Format=cobertura"
You should see output:
Determining projects to restore...
All projects are up-to-date for restore.
mstests -> D:\mstests\bin\Debug\net8.0\mstests.dll
Test run for D:\mstests\bin\Debug\net8.0\mstests.dll (.NETCoreApp,Version=v8.0)
Microsoft (R) Test Execution Command Line Tool Version 17.8.0 (x64)
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Starting test execution, please wait...
A total of 1 test files matched the specified pattern.
Passed! - Failed: 0, Passed: 1, Skipped: 0, Total: 1, Duration: 16 ms - mstests.dll (net8.0)
Attachments:
D:\mstests\TestResults\caf685fa-04ce-4858-9feb-ae472f1a71e1\dd166e58-6e19-4741-931a-816d025fcb32.cobertura.xml
For any .NET application you can collect code coverage in this way:
dotnet new console -o sample1
cd sample1
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-coverage
dotnet-coverage collect "dotnet run"
You should see output:
Microsoft (R) Code Coverage Command Line Tool (x64)
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
SessionId: d1bf31db-f634-4b2c-a627-c708ac93d85b
Hello, World!
Code coverage results: output.coverage.
For existing projects to get latest features and best performance please keep up to date below references:
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeCoverage" Version="17.11.1" />
If your solution doesn't contain any C++ code it is recommended to disable native code coverage by adding into configuration below flags:
<EnableStaticNativeInstrumentation>False</EnableStaticNativeInstrumentation>
<EnableDynamicNativeInstrumentation>False</EnableDynamicNativeInstrumentation>
Check other configuration options here.
- Documentation for
dotnet-coverage
tool is available at https://aka.ms/dotnet-coverage. - Documentation for
Microsoft.CodeCoverage
is available at https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/test/customizing-code-coverage-analysis - Supported OS versions
- Configuration
- Performance data
- Unit tests, E2E, console applications, merging, exclusions, static instrumentation
- MSTest Runner, Native AOT
- Visual Studio
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