In this article, we analyze codecov.yml found in Lobechat repository I have seen codecov.yml in a lot of open source projects. So what is codecov.yml?

codecov.yml

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codecov.yml in Lobechat

The below code snippet is picked from Lobechat.

coverage:
 status:
 project:
 default: off
 server:
 flags:
 - server
 app:
 flags:
 - app
 patch: off

By default, Codecov will only show git diff coverage checks on a PR but it looks like Lobechat turned this off since the default is off. Check this guide, Set project coverage checks on a pull request, for more info.

For the server and the app, it has the flags, I found this documentation for flags on codecov.

You can group coverage reports based on type of tests or sub-projects/teams based on flags.

Flags allow you to isolate and categorize coverage reports for different tests and features in your project. This is particularly helpful if:
1. You have multiple types of tests (e.g., unit, integration, frontend, backend, etc) AND/OR
2. You’re employing a monorepo setup where you’d like to encapsulate each project’s test coverage independently.

This pull request has Codecov report. Here is an example of reports with flags.

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References:

1. https://about.codecov.io/
2. https://github.com/lobehub/lobe-chat/blob/main/codecov.yml
3. https://docs.codecov.com/docs/flags