Limgo

Don't let your test coverage drop

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A tool for defining and enforcing test coverage thresholds locally as well as in CI pipelines - similar to the coverage thresholds in JavaScripts popular Testing Framework Jest.

limgo builds on top of the code coverage file generated by go test and extends it by providing

• a configuration schema which allows to specify test coverage thresholds
• and a detailed view of the statement/line/branch coverage - from a module level down to every function

Installation

To get started, install the pre-compiled limgo binary either manually or via go install. Alternatively, build it directly from source.

Manually

The limgo binary can be downloaded manually from the releases section. The binaries have no dependencies and should run without any problems on any of the listed operating systems.

Using go install

The limgo binary can be installed using go install:

go install github.com/GoTestTools/limgo/cmd/limgo@latest

Building from source

First, clone this repository via

git clone https://github.com/GoTestTools/limgo.git

Then navigate into the limgo directory and build the binary:

# via make
make build

# or via go directly
go build -o <output-name> cmd/main.go

Usage

The following snippet shows a basic example usage of limgo:

# run tests and generate coverage file
go test ./... -coverprofile=cov.out

# verify that the coverage is not below the thresholds defined in .limgo.json
limgo -coverfile=cov.out -config=.limgo.json -v=3

An overview as well as a short description of all supported flags can be displayed via

limgo -help

Output format

By default, limgo will output the statistic and the list of failed coverage thresholds in a tabular format (as seen above). Further, currently implemented, formats include

# JSON
limgo -coverfile=cov.out -outfmt=json

# Markdown
limgo -coverfile=cov.out -outfmt=md

The configuration file

Coverage thresholds as well as statistic configuration can be defined in a configuration file. By default, limgo will search for a file named .limgo.json. This can be overridden by the -config flag.

To get started, the most basic configuration - an empty json - can be used:

{}

limgo will, by default, always exclude the vendor directory from the statistic as well as the coverage threshold evaluation.

Coverage thresholds can be defined for statements, lines and branches. In the example below, thresholds are defined

• on a global (project) level
• for all files in the "coverage" directory
• for all files in the "gosrc" directory starting with "g"

Also, the dto directory is excluded from the statistc as well as from the coverage evaluation.

{
	"coverage": {
		"global": {
            "statements": 50,
            "lines": 55,
            "branches": 33
        },
        "matcher": {
            "pkg/coverage": {
                "statements": 70,
                "lines": 70,
                "branches": 33
            },
            "pkg/gosrc/g.*": {
                "statements": 10,
                "lines": 15,
                "branches": 50
            }
        },
        "excludes": [
            "dto/.*"
        ]
	},
	"statistic": {
		"excludes": [
			"dto/.*"
		]
	}
}

Every matchers key is parsed as a regular expression and it's threshold is applied to all the files that match it. Within the excludes array directories and files can be excluded - this overrides any matches.

Setup in a CI system

As limgo is a simple binary, it is easy to set it up in any CI system. The following snippet shows an Github Action example:

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: checkout repo
        uses: actions/[email protected]

      # Checkout your project with git
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # Install Go on the VM running the action
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
          go-version: 1.19
      
      # Option 1: 
      # install using go install
      - name: Set up limgo - option 1
        run: go install github.com/GoTestTools/limgo@latest
      
      # Option 2:
      # install via GitHub Action
      - name: Set up limgo - option 2
        uses: GoTestTools/[email protected]
        with:
          version: "v0.0.3-beta"
          install-only: true

      # Run tests with coverprofile
      - name: Run tests
        run: |
          go test ./... -coverprofile=test.cov
      
      # Pass the coverprofile to limgo for coverage evaluation
      - name: Check test coverage
        run: |
          limgo -covfile=test.cov -v=2

The repository limgo-action-example contains an example on how to use the limgo GitHub Action.

Generating a badge

For generating a custom badge that visualizes the test coverage and if it meets the specified thresholds, please refer to the limgo-badge-action.