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Max Moroz 60087383d9 [llvm-cov] Add lcov tracefile export format.
Summary:
lcov tracefiles are used by various coverage reporting tools and build
systems (e.g., Bazel). It is a simple text-based format to parse and
more convenient to use than the JSON export format, which needs
additional processing to map regions/segments back to line numbers.

It's a little unfortunate that "text" format is now overloaded to refer
specifically to JSON for export, but I wanted to avoid making any
breaking changes to the UI of the llvm-cov tool at this time.

Patch by Tony Allevato (@allevato).

Reviewers: Dor1s, vsk

Reviewed By: Dor1s, vsk

Subscribers: mgorny, llvm-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D54266

llvm-svn: 346506
2018-11-09 16:10:44 +00:00

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LLVM 8.0.0 Release Notes
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These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 8 release.
Release notes for previous releases can be found on
`the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
Introduction
============
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release 8.0.0. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including major improvements
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* The **llvm-cov** tool can now export lcov trace files using the
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