From c002a5d8abef3037dd5f13e0c60cf42b86b4d885 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 15:15:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add release note on coverage testing of no-test packages

Add a small release note blurb to describe the changes in CL 495447
relating to "go test -cover" runs on packages with functions but no
tests.

For #61422.

Change-Id: Ib8163ac70b902f0d7f9f470b944e7f70711e3cf3
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/547635
Reviewed-by: Bryan Mills <bcmills@google.com>
Auto-Submit: Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com>
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---
 doc/go1.22.html | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/go1.22.html b/doc/go1.22.html
index 05c7cc090c..64afa898af 100644
--- a/doc/go1.22.html
+++ b/doc/go1.22.html
@@ -53,6 +53,25 @@ Do not send CLs removing the interior tags from such phrases.
   <!-- cmd/go: remove conversion of legacy pre-module dependency configs -->
 </p>
 
+<!-- CL 495447 -->
+<p>
+`go` `test` `-cover` now prints coverage summaries for covered
+packages that do not have their own test files. Prior to Go 1.22 a
+`go` `test` `-cover` run for such a package would report
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  <code>?     mymod/mypack    [no test files]</code>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  and now with Go 1.22, functions in the package are treated as uncovered:
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  <code>mymod/mypack    coverage: 0.0% of statements</code>
+</p>
+
 <h3 id="cgo">Cgo</h3>
 
 <!-- https://go.dev/issue/56378 -->
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