Using coverlet without having to modify project files in solution

[amine-aboufirass]

Currently, this is my workflow for generating test coverage reports for a third party project that uses central package management and a Directory.Packages.Props file:

• cd to the test project for which I want to generate a report
• Add coverlet.collector package to test project, and then remove the version

dotnet add package coverlet.collector

• Open the Directory.Packages.Props file in a text editor and add the following item group:

<ItemGroup>
   <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.0" />
</ItemGroup>

• Run the following command from the test project directory:

dotnet test --collect:"XPlat Code Coverage"

• Generate a report as follows:

reportgenerator.exe -reports:".\TestResults\<guid>\coverage.cobertura.xml"  -targetdir:"coveragereport" -reporttypes:Html

The issue here is that I basically have to go in and edit the files for the third party project every time I want to generate a report. I do my work with the help of the coverage report but then I have to delete the edits I make to the various files (test project files and the global Directory.Packages.Props.

This is quite clunky and an obstacle to generating quick coverage runs to just see what kind of test coverage I have for a specific class or subset of tests.

Is there a way to use coverlet without having to modify any project files?