Ignore lines in templates #70

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1. nedbat commented on May 6, 2020

   

   nedbat

   on May 6, 2020

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   The plugin is written to understand comment blocks and ignore them. Can you provide us with a reproducible test case?
2. mschoettle commented on May 7, 2020

   

   mschoettle

   on May 7, 2020

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   I have a template file containing the above block:

   {% comment "foo" %}
   some commented out stuff
   {% endcomment %}
   

   And a test function like this:

   def test_foo(client):
       response = client.get(reverse('app:foo'))
       ...
   

   The relevant part of setup.cfg is as follows:

   [coverage:run]
   source = projectname
   omit =
       .*,
       *tests*,
       *migrations*,
   branch = True
   plugins =
       django_coverage_plugin
   

   Another reason why I asked is a {% block content %} definition in a base template which spans more than one line (i.e., the endblock is in a subsequent line. It's not going to be executed so I was wondering if there is a way to ignore them.
3. marcgibbons commented on Apr 4, 2026

   

   marcgibbons

   on Apr 4, 2026

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   @nedbat I'm taking a stab at this one: getting a no pragma / exclude_lines implementation that mirrors the one for Python modules

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4. nedbat commented on Apr 7, 2026

   

   nedbat

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   Thanks, looking forward to it.

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5. PetrDlouhy commented on Jul 22, 2026

   

   PetrDlouhy

   on Jul 22, 2026

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   I hit this too and found the actual cause — at least for {% comment %} blocks it is not a missing "ignore" feature, it is a bug in the line mapping.

   In plugin.py, the token loop handles endcomment before the extends-skip, but the comment opener after it:

   if extends and not inblock:
       # In an inheriting template, ignore all tags outside of
       # blocks.
       continue
   
   if token.contents == "comment":
       comment = True

   So in a template that {% extends %} something, a {% comment %} opener placed outside a {% block %} is skipped by the extends and not inblock continue and comment = True is never set. The interior lines of the comment are then processed as regular content and reported as missing — they can never execute.

   Minimal repro:

   {% extends "base.html" %}
   {% comment %}
   this line is reported as a missing line
   {% endcomment %}
   {% block content %}covered{% endblock %}

   The fix is to check for the comment opener before the extends-skip, the same way endcomment already is. I can send a PR if you want.
6. nedbat

   closed this as completedin #110on Aug 9, 2026