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name: ✈ Feature request
about: Proposal for a new feature in pytest-cov
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Before proposing please consider:

* the maintenance cost of the feature
* implementing it externally (like a shell/python script,
  pytest plugin or something else)

# Summary

These questions should be answered:

* why is the feature needed?
* what problem does it solve?
* how it is better compared to past solutions to the problem?
