How To Install python3-diff-cover on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-diff-cover in Fedora 36. python3-diff-cover is Automatically find diff lines that need test coverage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-diff-cover on Fedora 36.

What is python3-diff-cover

Diff coverage is the percentage of new or modified lines that are covered by tests. This provides a clear and achievable standard for code review touch a line of code, that line should be covered. Code coverage is every developer’s responsibility! The diff-cover command line tool compares an XML coverage report with the output of git diff. It then reports coverage information for lines in the diff.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-diff-cover on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-diff-cover.

Install python3-diff-cover on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-diff-cover using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-diff-cover

Install python3-diff-cover on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-diff-cover using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-diff-cover

How To Uninstall python3-diff-cover on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-diff-cover package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-diff-cover

python3-diff-cover Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/diff-cover
/usr/bin/diff-quality
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover-6.4.4.dist-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover-6.4.4.dist-info/INSTALLER
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover-6.4.4.dist-info/LICENSE
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover-6.4.4.dist-info/METADATA
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover-6.4.4.dist-info/WHEEL
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover-6.4.4.dist-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/command_runner.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/command_runner.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/config_parser.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/config_parser.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/diff_cover_tool.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/diff_cover_tool.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/diff_quality_tool.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/diff_quality_tool.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/diff_reporter.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/diff_reporter.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/git_diff.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/git_diff.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/git_path.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/git_path.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/hook.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/hook.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/hookspecs.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/hookspecs.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/report_generator.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/report_generator.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/snippets.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/snippets.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/util.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/__pycache__/util.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/command_runner.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/config_parser.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/diff_cover_tool.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/diff_quality_tool.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/diff_reporter.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/git_diff.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/git_path.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/hook.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/hookspecs.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/report_generator.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/snippets.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/console_coverage_report.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/console_quality_report.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/external_style.css
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/html_coverage_report.html
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/html_quality_report.html
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/markdown_coverage_report.md
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/markdown_quality_report.md
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/snippet_content.html
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/snippet_content.md
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/snippet_content.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/templates/snippet_style.html
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/util.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__/base.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__/base.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__/java_violations_reporter.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__/java_violations_reporter.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__/violations_reporter.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/__pycache__/violations_reporter.cpython-310.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/diff_cover/violationsreporters/violations_reporter.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-diff-cover
/usr/share/doc/python3-diff-cover/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-diff-cover
/usr/share/licenses/python3-diff-cover/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/diff-cover.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/diff-quality.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-diff-cover on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).