Introduction

The Codecov Bash uploader provides a language-agnostic alternative for sending your coverage reports to Codecov. Its usage is both simple and convenient:

bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)

The main objectives of the uploader are to:

detect the environment
gather reports
upload them to Codecov

The above command silently requests the latest version of the uploader from Codecov and executes via Bash; all output is directed to stdout.

Upload token

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Not Required for some CI Providers
If you have a public project on TravisCI, CircleCI, AppVeyor, Azure Pipelines, or GitHub Actions an upload token is not required.

A unique upload token is required to identify which project the coverage belongs to. This token is located in the repository settings (/<github>/<owner>/<repo>/settings).

A repository on codecov with no uploaded coverage reports. Note the upload token.

Click to close... — A repository on codecov with no uploaded coverage reports. Note the upload token.

There are three ways to provide the upload token to the Bash uploader:

Flag

bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -t token

Environment variable

export CODECOV_TOKEN="token"
bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)

Loading token from a file

echo "token" > .cc_token
bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -t @.cc_token

CI detection

The bash uploader detects all CI providers through environment variables. This process helps to identify the source of the build and maintain a relationship back to the source of the coverage collection.

Using Docker? Please review Testing with Docker.
Using Python Tox? Please review Testing with Tox.

Finding reports and specifying file names

Codecov can automatically detect coverage files in your project. A thorough filename search will grab everything that is known to be a coverage report. You can also specify exactly which file(s) should be uploaded.

Here are some options for discovering report files:

# only upload this file
-f path/to/foo.bar

# also search this folder that is outside the project directory
-s /home/user/reports/foo/bar

# ignore all files at pattern *.bar
-f "!*.bar"

# include all files at pattern *.foo
-f "*.foo"

Validating the bash script

The Codecov bash uploader is open source, and it can be validated for correctness by calculating the
SHASUM on download and comparing to the result we store in the GitHub repository.

You can calculate the checksum on download by running

curl https://codecov.io/bash | shasum -a 512
# Codecov provides SHA1, SHA256, and SHA512 hashes

This will not check against the provided checksums provided by Codecov that are located in GitHub.

You can compare the result to the publicly posted values at https://github.com/codecov/codecov-bash/blob/{{ VERSION }}/SHA512SUM. We calculate and publish the SHA1, SHA256, and SHA512 checksums.

For builds with the versions of shasum that support the --ignore-missing flag, you can also verify the checksums by running

curl -fLso codecov https://codecov.io/bash;
VERSION=$(grep -o 'VERSION=\"[0-9\.]*\"' codecov | cut -d'"' -f2);
for i in 1 256 512
do
  shasum -a $i -c --ignore-missing <(curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codecov/codecov-bash/${VERSION}/SHA${i}SUM")
done

For older shasum versions, you can run

curl -fLso codecov https://codecov.io/bash;
VERSION=$(grep -o 'VERSION=\"[0-9\.]*\"' codecov | cut -d'"' -f2);
for i in 1 256 512
do
  shasum -a $i -c <(curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codecov/codecov-bash/${VERSION}/SHA${i}SUM" | grep -w "codecov")
done

Uploading process

When the upload script is called, the general flow is as follows:

The CI is discovered through environment variables.
Language specific processing and formatting (e.g. xcode, python).
Reports are found in the filesystem.
Reports are prepended with file paths and appended with file adjustments.
Reports are uploaded to cloud storage for archiving (secret location).
Codecov is informed of the upload, and will queue the report processing server side.
Done (exit 0).

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Exit 0
Codecov will exit 0 to prevent failing the build, if there are issues. If you would like Codecov to exit with 1, use bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -Z.
exit 0 is not foolproof. Please use this command to always exit with 0: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) || echo 'Codecov failed to upload'.

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Verbose mode
If there is an issue with the upload process, it helps to run in verbose mode. Supply the -v flag for better debugging output:
bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -v

Arguments

The bash uploader provides various arguments to work with many complex environments. Listed below are the full list of possible arguments and their usage.

Argument	Usage
`-A CURL_ARGS`	Extra curl arguments to communicate with AWS.
`-c`	Move discovered coverage reports to the trash
`-d`	Don't upload, but dump upload file to stdout
`-e ENV`	Specify environment variables to be included with this build Also accepting environment variables: `CODECOV_ENV=VAR,VAR2` `-e VAR,VAR2`
`-F FLAG`	Flag the upload to group coverage metrics `-F unittests` This upload is only unittests `-F integration` This upload is only integration tests `-F ui,chrome` This upload is Chrome - UI tests
`-f FILE`	Target file(s) to upload `-f "path/to/file"` only upload this file skips searching unless provided patterns below `-f '!.bar'` ignore all files at pattern .bar `-f '.foo'` include all files at pattern .foo Must use single quotes. This is non-exclusive, use `-s "*.foo"` to match specific paths.
`-h`	Display this help and exit
`-K`	Remove color from the output
`-N`	The commit SHA of the parent for which you are uploading coverage. If not present, the parent will be determined using the API of your repository provider. When using the repository provider's API, the parent is determined via finding the closest ancestor to the commit.
`-n NAME`	Custom defined name of the upload. Visible in Codecov UI
`-q PATH`	Write upload file to path
`-R ROOT_DIR`	Used when not in git/hg project to identify project root directory
`-s DIR`	Directory to search for coverage reports. Already searches project root and artifact folders.
`-t TOKEN`	Set the private repository token (option) set environment variable `CODECOV_TOKEN=:uuid` `-t @/path/to/token_file` `-t uuid`
`-U CURL_ARGS`	Extra curl arguments to communicate with Codecov. e.g., `-U "--proxy http://http-proxy"`
`-v`	Verbose mode
`-X FEATURE`	Toggle functionalities `-X gcov` Disable gcov `-X coveragepy` Disable python coverage `-X fix` Disable report fixing `-X search` Disable searching for reports `-X xcode` Disable xcode processing `-X network` Disable uploading the file network `-X gcovout` Disable gcov output `-X html` Enable coverage for HTML files
`-Z`	Exit with 1 if not successful. Default will Exit with 0
enterprise
`-r SLUG`	owner/repo slug used instead of the private repo token in Enterprise (option) set environment variable `CODECOV_SLUG=:owner/:repo` (option) set in your `codecov.yml` `"codecov.slug"`
`-S PATH`	File path to your cacert.pem file used to verify ssl with Codecov Enterprise (optional) (option) Set environment variable: `CODECOV_CA_BUNDLE="/path/to/ca.pem"`
`-u URL`	Set the target url for Enterprise customers Not required when retrieving the bash uploader from your CCE (option) Set environment variable `CODECOV_URL=https://my-hosted-codecov.com`
env vars	Used to override pre-existing CI environment variables
`-B BRANCH`	Specify the branch name
`-b BUILD`	Specify the build number
`-C SHA`	Specify the commit SHA. Please use the long version to ensure a match between the submitted SHA and the git provider's API response.
`-P PR`	Specify the pull request number
`-T TAG`	Specify the git tag
gcov
`-a GCOV_ARGS`	Extra arguments to pass to gcov
`-G GLOB`	Paths to include during gcov gathering
`-g GLOB`	Paths to ignore during gcov gathering
`-k PREFIX`	Prefix filepaths to help resolve path fixing
`-p DIR`	Project root directory Also used when preparing gcov
`-x GCOVEXE`	gcov executable to run. Defaults to `'gcov'`
xcode
`-D`	Custom Derived Data Path for Coverage.profdata and gcov processing Default `'~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData'`
`-J`	Specify packages to build coverage. Uploader will only build these packages. This can significantly reduces time to build coverage reports. `-J 'MyAppName'` Will match `"MyAppName"` and `"MyAppNameTests"` `-J '^ExampleApp$'` Will match only `"ExampleApp"` not `"ExampleAppTests"`

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Introduction

Upload token

📘
Not Required for some CI Providers

Flag

Environment variable

Loading token from a file

CI detection

Finding reports and specifying file names

Validating the bash script

Uploading process

📘
Exit 0

📘
Verbose mode

Arguments

Codecov Bash uploader

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Introduction

Upload token

📘Not Required for some CI Providers

Flag

Environment variable

Loading token from a file

CI detection

Finding reports and specifying file names

Validating the bash script

Uploading process

📘Exit 0

📘Verbose mode

Arguments

📘
Not Required for some CI Providers

📘
Exit 0

📘
Verbose mode