5b - Setting coverage standards with Flags
Codecov’sFlags helps this situation by grouping coverage reports by function. Let’s set up flags in our example so that we can simulate an instance where the backend is well-tested and wants to maintain high code coverage, while the frontend is new and only expected to increase with each new commit.
Add flags to the Codecov configuration
Re-write thecodecov.yml
file with the below
coverage: status: project: off patch: offflag_management: individual_flags: - name: backend paths: - api/ statuses: - type: project target: 100% threshold: 1% - name: frontend paths: - web/ statuses: - type: project target: auto threshold: 1%
Notice that we are creating two flagsbackend
andfrontend
that encompass theapi
andweb
directories, respectively. Thebackend
flag will target 100% overall coverage, while thefrontend
flag is set toauto
. This means that every new commit must maintain or raise the overall code coverage of the project.
Update the uploader call with flags
Update the workflows to send the proper flag with each coverage report
GitHub Actions
... - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov with GitHub Action uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5 env: CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} with: flags: backend
... - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov with GitHub Action uses: codecov/[email protected] env: CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} with: flags: frontend
CircleCI
jobs: test-api: ... - codecov/upload: flags: backend test-frontend: ... - codecov/upload: flags: frontend
Commit your changes and push them to GitHub
git add .git commit -m 'step5: add Codecov Flags'git push origin step5
Now you see 4 status checks from Codecov that are passing.
Updated 6 months ago