Coverage comparison

[bp-robin]

Question

Perhaps I'm missing something. I can't seem to find a comparison of coverage between a pull request branch and the main branch. I get a statistic that indicates the coverage diff, but when I can't seem to find which lines of that file have changed coverage.

https://docs.qlty.sh/coverage/comparisons#in-pull-requests

The documentation says to go to the "Coverage" tab. There isn't one, but the main graph can be switched from "Maintainability" to "Coverage". There's no "Compare Coverage" button or link.

The documentation says to use the CLI command "qlty coverage compare". When I run this, I get

# qlty coverage compare --base main --head branch-name
error: unrecognized subcommand 'compare'

  tip: a similar subcommand exists: 'complete'

Usage: qlty coverage [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

For more information, try '--help'.

# qlty coverage
View, transform, and publish code coverage

Usage: qlty coverage [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
  publish    Upload coverage reports to the Qlty Cloud
  transform  Transform coverage data to the Qlty format
  complete   Mark coverage as complete on Qlty Cloud
  help       Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
      --debug             Log with more information
      --no-upgrade-check  Do not check for updates
  -h, --help              Print help

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CLI Version

qlty 0.584.0 macos-arm64 (dfc604d 2025-10-17)

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[noahd1]

Hi @bp-robin

Apologies. Unfortunately the page you're referencing has a lot of inaccuracies. I'm going to remove it shortly to avoid future confusion.

Currently, the way to see a pull request coverage comparison is by:

1. Navigating to the Project on qlty.sh
2. Click "Pull Requests"
3. Find and click on the relevant pull request
4. Click on the "Coverage" sub-tab of that pull request

If you're using Qlty's coverage commit statuses, you'll receive a commit status on your PR which links you directly to this page, obviating the need to navigate manually.

You may see a message saying we haven't received coverage for that pull request -- which would be the case if you haven't set up test coverage for that Project yet. This is something you'll need to do by integrating qlty with your CI scripts.

Finally, there is a beta Chrome extension that enables you to see coverage diffs within GitHub as well. Let us know if you're interested.