By storing history of coverage uncov allows you to monitor code coverage changes over time, view and compare collected reports.
The tool integrates with git repository of your projects and thus avoids generation of static reports. Data is bound to repository information, but can be shared among repository clones.
Provided command-line interface should be familiar to the majority of git users and helps to avoid switching to a browser to verify code coverage.
It's also possible to display coverage information in a browser, say, on your own CI server instead of using some third-party service.
uncov is available as an AppImage which means "one app = one file", which you can download and run on your Linux system while you don't need a package manager and nothing gets changed in your system. Awesome!
AppImages are single-file applications that run on most Linux distributions. Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. Most AppImages run on recent versions of Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other common desktop distributions.
Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. This is a Linux security feature.
Behold! AppImages are usually not verified by others. Follow these instructions only if you trust the developer of the software. Use at your own risk!
Download the uncov AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal:
Then double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it.
chmod +x ./*.AppImage