[CMake] CTest: Glob files to include in coverage report with 0% line coverage

[David Cole]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Eric Noulard <eric.noulard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/1/24 Rolf Eike Beer <eike at sf-mail.de>:
>> Andreas Schuh wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Setting CTEST_EXTRA_COVERAGE_GLOB in the CTestCustom.cmake file can be
>>> used to add additional files which shall be included in the coverage
>>> report. This is useful to ensure that files which are not covered by
>>> any test are still reported with 0% line coverage.
>>
>> Oh, interesting variable. How can it be that there is absolutely zero
>> documentation for in CMake?
>
> Because ctest and cpack documentation are very far from being
> documented as cmake is ?
> E.g. current ctest and cpack do not have --help-variable-* support?
>
> If you want to help please try my "stage/ImproveCPackDoc-reloaded" branch
> and may be read this: http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=10067
>
> The technique I propose may be used for cpack, ctest, etc...
>
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There is zero documentation for all of the ctest related variables. We
need somebody who can write a bunch of documentation someday to fill
in that blank.