Adding Codecov to a Ruby Project

I was having trouble figuring out how to add Codecov to a ruby gem I was developing and testing with Rspec. So I wanted to write this guide to help show how to add Simplecov and upload your results to Codecov.

Prerequisites

• Codecov Account (Sign Up — Codecov)
• Codecov Enabled for Your Repo
• Once you have this grab your Codecov Repository Upload token at:

https://app.codecov.io/{your-git-provider}/{your-git-username/{repo-name}/settings

• A project with Test Results you want to upload.

In your Gemfile:

gem 'simplecov-cobertura', require: false, group: :testgem 'codecov', require: false, group: 'test'

Require Statements in your Spec File:

require 'simplecov'SimpleCov.startrequire 'simplecov-cobertura'SimpleCov.formatter…