How to use nose coat with -timid flag

Question

I would like to run "nosetests --with-coverage" using the Ned Batchelder coverage module , but passing the coverage module is -timid flag. Is there a way (e.g. setting an environment variable) to start coverage using --timid?

Answer 1

You have two options:

• Use the .coveragerc file to provide options for cover.py

• Instead of covering the nose, run the nose inside the cover:

  coverage run c:\python25\scripts\nosetests-script.py 
  

(sorry for the syntax of Windows if you are not on Windows)