Finish up #967. Thanks, Bernát Gábor

CHANGES.rst

@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ Unreleased
  decorated async functions (`issue 946`_). This is now fixed. Thanks, Kjell
  Braden.
 
+- The :meth:`~coverage.Coverage.get_option` and
+ :meth:`~coverage.Coverage.set_option` methods can now manipulate the
+ ``[paths]`` configuration setting. Thanks to Bernát Gábor for the fix for
+ `issue 967`_.
+
 .. _issue 946: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/946
+.. _issue 967: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/967
 
 
 .. _changes_504:

CONTRIBUTORS.txt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Arcadiy Ivanov
 Aron Griffis
 Artem Dayneko
 Ben Finney
+Bernát Gábor
 Bill Hart
 Brandon Rhodes
 Brett Cannon

coverage/config.py

@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ def set_option(self, option_name, value):
  `value` is the new value for the option.
 
  """
+ # Special-cased options.
  if option_name == "paths":
  self.paths = value
  return
@@ -451,6 +452,7 @@ def get_option(self, option_name):
  Returns the value of the option.
 
  """
+ # Special-cased options.
  if option_name == "paths":
  return self.paths
 

coverage/control.py

@@ -367,7 +367,11 @@ def get_option(self, option_name):
  option name. For example, the ``branch`` option in the ``[run]``
  section of the config file would be indicated with `"run:branch"`.
 
- Returns the value of the option.
+ Returns the value of the option. The type depends on the option
+ selected.
+
+ As a special case, an `option_name` of ``"paths"`` will return an
+ OrderedDict with the entire ``[paths]`` section value.
 
  .. versionadded:: 4.0
 
@@ -394,6 +398,9 @@ def set_option(self, option_name, value):
  [run]
  branch = True
 
+ As a special case, an `option_name` of ``"paths"`` will replace the
+ entire ``[paths]`` section. The value should be an OrderedDict.
+
  .. versionadded:: 4.0
 
  """