Where should test results and coverage be written

[bradleyjames]

In previous versions of goreleaser I wrote test output to the dist directory.

.goreleaser.yaml

before:
  hooks:
    - make test

Makefile

test:
	mkdir -p dist
	go test -v ./... -cover -coverprofile dist/cover.out
	go tool cover -html dist/cover.out -o dist/cover.html

Now when I run goreleaser build --single-target --snapshot --clean my build is failing with:

⨯ build failed after 4s                    error=dist is not empty, remove it before running goreleaser or use the --clean flag

Where should I be writing the test results so that they're available for traceability while building my go binary as well as failing my build if the tests don't pass? I feel like I'm missing a basic convention that has been updated.

[caarlos0]

Hey!

Since very early versions this is not allowed, not sure how long ago this worked.

Anyways, I would recommend running tests outside of goreleaser.

GoReleaser is meant to be used within a CI, not as a CI.

Alternatively, if you really want to do that, you can gitignore cover.out and cover.html and write the the repo's root dir.