Devel::...minimal(3)

💅 Devel::Cover::Report::Html_minimal — a.k.a. Devel::...minimal(3) 🎀

okay so real quick, bestie: this page lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the manual, and it's about the HTML backend for Devel::Cover. it's giving "underrated little renderer that eats every time." let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME

Devel::Cover::Report::Html_minimal — the HTML backend for Devel::Cover. that's it, that's the whole name, and honestly? iconic. 👑

🦋 VERSION

version 1.50 — noted, memorized, and yes i wrote it in my journal. 💖

⭐ SYNOPSIS

cover -report html_minimal

that's the whole move. one flag and you're living your HTML truth. 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION

okay so this module is the HTML reporting mechanism for coverage data. it's literally designed to be called from the cover program — like, that's its whole job, and it does it well, no notes. 💅

the lore: it's based on an original by Paul Johnson, and the output was greatly improved by Michael Carman (mjcarman@mchsi.com). we stan a glow-up. 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

so how do you specify options? you just add the appropriate flags to the cover program. this report format supports the following, and yes, we're covering every single one, because we don't skip content in this house: 🎀

• outputfile — specifies the filename of the main output file. the default is coverage.html. and pro tip (well, the manpage's tip): specify index.html if you just want to publish the whole directory. lowkey genius. 🍓
• pod — includes POD (and blank lines!!) in the file report. this is on by default. you can turn it off with -nopod if that's your vibe. 🦋
• data — includes text after the __DATA__ or __END__ tokens in the file report. by default, this text is trimmed.

⚠️ note bestie, this one's important: if your POD is after an __END__, you have to specify 'data' to include it, not 'pod'. the 'pod' option only applies to POD before the __END__. don't get caught lacking on this one. 😭

• unified — generates a "unified" report for each file. the detailed data that normally appears in the auxiliary reports (branch, condition, etc.) gets placed in the file report instead, and the auxiliary reports are not generated. one report to rule them all, main character energy fr fr. 🔥
• summarytitle — specify the title of the summary. the default is "Coverage Summary". cute, customizable, slay. 👑

🌟 SEE ALSO

• Devel::Cover — go read it, iykyk 💖

🎀 LICENCE

Copyright 2001-2025, Paul Johnson (paul@pjcj.net).

This software is free. It is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself. 💜

The latest version of this software should be available from my homepage: https://pjcj.net

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and that's the page!! 🧚 no cap, you now know everything this manpage knows. 💫

sign-off time, bestie: this doc came from perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-06-11, and it's filed under Devel::...minimal(3). periodt. 💅🌸