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Pull request overview
This pull request enhances the test coverage issue templates by adding a "Mandates" section that provides clear guidelines to discourage artificial test coverage inflation and ensure meaningful testing practices.
Changes:
- Added a new required "Mandates" textarea field to both test coverage issue templates
- The mandates prohibit synthetic testing, coverage inflation tricks, and tests without proper assertions
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| File | Description |
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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-test-coverage.yml |
Added "Mandates" section to Playwright test coverage template |
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-test-coverage-java.yml |
Added "Mandates" section to JUnit test coverage template |
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This pull request updates the issue templates for improving test coverage to include a new "Mandates" section. This section provides clear guidelines to ensure that only meaningful and valid tests are added, discouraging practices that artificially inflate test coverage.
Enhancements to issue templates:
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-test-coverage-java.ymloutlining prohibited testing practices, such as synthetic tests and coverage inflation tricks..github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improve-test-coverage.ymlwith the same guidelines to maintain consistency across templates.