Delete all .gcda files when integtests coverage fails (#7510)

* Delete all gcda files when integtests fail

* Update ChangeLog

* Test failure

* Move test dir creation to main

* Undo retry loop which didn't solve the issue

* Use `-fprofile-update=atomic` according to gcov bug 68080

.github/actions/run-retry/action.yml

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: "Retry command"
-description: "Retries a specified command up to a specified number of times."
-inputs:
-  run:
-    description: "The command to run"
-    required: true
-  retries:
-    description: "Number of retries"
-    required: false
-    default: 3
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: Run Command with Retry
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        command="${{ inputs.run }}"
-        retries=${{ inputs.retries }}
-        delay=${{ inputs.delay }}
-        attempt=1
-
-        until $command; do
-          if [ $attempt -ge $retries ]; then
-            echo "Attempt $attempt failed! No more retries left."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "Attempt $attempt failed! Retrying in $delay seconds..."
-          attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-        done
-
-        echo "Command succeeded on attempt $attempt."

.github/workflows/sonarcloud-analysis.yml

@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Integration tests coverage
         env:
           QT_QPA_PLATFORM: offscreen
-        uses: ./.github/actions/run-retry
+        run: cmake --build build --target coverage-integtests
-        with:
-          run: cmake --build build --target coverage-integtests
 
       - name: Get coverage report paths
         id: coverage-paths

ChangeLog

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Enhancements:
 - #7506 Make `APPLE_CODESIGN_ID` env var optional for CE CI
 - #7507 Add `run-retry` action to workaround `integtest` `gcovr` issue
 - #7509 Use GitHub vars to determine custom runner names
+- #7510 Delete all `.gcda` files when integtests coverage fails
 
 # 1.16.0
 

cmake/Libraries.cmake

@@ -583,6 +583,11 @@ macro(configure_coverage)
     set(test_exclude subprojects/* build/* src/test/*)
     set(test_src ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 
+    # Apparently solves the bug in gcov where it returns negative counts and confuses gcovr.
+    # > Got negative hit value in gcov line 'branch  2 taken -1' caused by a bug in gcov tool
+    # Bug report: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68080
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fprofile-update=atomic")
+
     setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_xml(
       NAME
       coverage-${INTEG_TESTS_BIN}

src/test/integtests/main.cpp

@@ -24,11 +24,17 @@
 #include "arch/win32/ArchMiscWindows.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 using synergy::test::ExitTimeout;
 
+const auto testDir = "tmp/test";
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  // HACK: Unit tests should not use the filesystem.
+  std::filesystem::create_directories(testDir);
+
   ExitTimeout exitTimeout(1, "Integration tests");
 
 #if SYSAPI_WIN32

src/test/unittests/base/PathTests.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "base/Path.h"
-#include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ const std::string testDir = "tmp/test";
 const std::wstring testDirW = L"tmp/test";
 
 TEST(PathTests, open_file_using_path) {
-  std::filesystem::create_directories(testDir);
-
   std::string utf8FileName = testDir + "/тіás.txt";
 #if SYSAPI_WIN32
   // Windows uses UTF-16 for file path and names

src/test/unittests/main.cpp

@@ -24,11 +24,17 @@
 #include "arch/win32/ArchMiscWindows.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 using synergy::test::ExitTimeout;
 
+const auto testDir = "tmp/test";
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  // HACK: Unit tests should not use the filesystem.
+  std::filesystem::create_directories(testDir);
+
   ExitTimeout exitTimeout(1, "Unit tests");
 
 #if SYSAPI_WIN32

src/test/unittests/synergy/X11LayoutParserTests.cpp

@@ -18,15 +18,12 @@
 #if WINAPI_XWINDOWS
 #include "synergy/unix/X11LayoutsParser.h"
 
-#include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 const std::string testDir = "tmp/test";
 
 void createTestFiles() {
-  std::filesystem::create_directories(testDir);
-
   std::ofstream correctEvdevFile(testDir + "/correctEvdev.xml");
   if (!correctEvdevFile.is_open()) {
     FAIL();