[FR] Tool-specific toml config about coveragepy HOT 3 CLOSED

We'll keep an eye on it and see if other tools start adopting a tool-specific.toml file pattern.

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If you are going to have a separate file for each tool, then explain why .coveragerc isn't good? What's wrong with the .ini format for coverage's settings?

You can put configuration in a .coveragerc.toml file, but you need to specify it on the command line or in the COVERAGE_RCFILE environment variable.

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.coveragerc is good and I'll keep using it. I just wasn't sure if it'll get deprecated at some point. Really, my motivation here is just bring attention to such a possibility.

I know that I can rename the file and pass it explicitly but that's not something I'd want to do since different tools are called in different contexts outside of what I set up, sometimes. For example, if I set up flake8 to run through tox+pre-commit, I'd still want the end-user' editors that use some native integrations to pick up the same config automatically, zero friction, which is only possible if the file is picked up by default.

Though, again, I'm not going to be too upset if I'll need to stick with an ini file..

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