Python, Should I upload my .coverage file to my github repository?

Question

Im using python 3.9 and coverage 6.2

I would like to have a record of my most recent coverage but Im not sure if I should upload my .coverage file. Im guessing no since it sort of has info about my directory layout. So i would like to know how I should go about that, is it even standard to upload such a thing? If not, why not?

I also generated the htmlcov folder but I didnt upload it since it has a default gitignore for the entire folder.

Answer 1

Most people don't upload the .coverage or HTML report, because they don't need to track it over time. But there's no harm in uploading them. You mention directory layout as if it was a secret to protect, but isn't your layout already committed to GitHub?

If you want to commit the HTML report, you will need to remove the .gitignore file in the directory.