[IMP] release: add coverage report to gh pages.

# v1.4.5

- qweb: expose translatable attributes
- ci/tests: update jest/rollup
- doc: clarify tutorial
- doc: update readme, add nice badges

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [10.x, 12.x, 14.x]
+        node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2

.gitignore

@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ release-notes.md
 .rpt2_cache
 
 # useful in some cases
-/temp
+/temp
+
+coverage

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <h1 align="center">🦉 <a href="https://odoo.github.io/owl/">OWL Framework</a> 🦉</h1>
 
+ [![License: LGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-LGPL%20v3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0)
+[![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/@odoo%2Fowl.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/js/@odoo%2Fowl)
+[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@odoo%2Fowl.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@odoo/owl)
+
 _Class based components with hooks, reactive state and concurrent mode_
 
 ## Project Overview
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ npm install @odoo/owl
 
 If you want to use a simple `<script>` tag, the last release can be downloaded here:
 
-- [owl-1.4.0](https://github.com/odoo/owl/releases/tag/v1.4.0)
+- [owl-1.4.5](https://github.com/odoo/owl/releases/tag/v1.4.5)
 
 ## License
 

doc/learning/tutorial_todoapp.md

@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ just put the following code:
 Note that we put everything inside an immediately executed function to avoid leaking
 anything to the global scope.
 
-Finally, `owl.js` should be the last version downloaded from the Owl repository (you can use `owl.min.js` if you prefer).
+Finally, `owl.js` should be the last version downloaded from the Owl repository (you can use `owl.min.js` if you prefer). Be aware that you should download the `owl.iife.js` or `owl.iife.min.js`, because these files
+are built to run directly on the browser (other files such as `owl.cjs.js` are
+built to be bundled by other tools).
 
 Now, the project should be ready. Loading the `index.html` file into a browser
 should show an empty page, with the title `Owl Todo App`, and it should log a

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@odoo/owl",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.5",
   "description": "Odoo Web Library (OWL)",
   "main": "dist/owl.cjs.js",
   "browser": "dist/owl.iife.js",
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=10.15.3"
+    "node": ">=12.18.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build:bundle": "rollup -c",
@@ -37,28 +37,29 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/odoo/owl#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/jest": "^23.3.14",
+    "@types/jest": "^27.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^14.11.8",
     "chalk": "^3.0.0",
     "cpx": "^1.5.0",
     "current-git-branch": "^1.1.0",
     "git-rev-sync": "^1.12.0",
     "github-api": "^3.3.0",
-    "jest": "^23.6.0",
+    "jest": "^27.1.0",
-    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^24.7.1",
+    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^27.1.0",
     "live-server": "^1.2.1",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "prettier": "^2.0.4",
-    "rollup": "^1.6.0",
+    "rollup": "^2.56.3",
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.2",
-    "rollup-plugin-typescript2": "^0.27.3",
+    "rollup-plugin-typescript2": "^0.30.0",
     "sass": "^1.16.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.10",
-    "ts-jest": "^23.10.5",
+    "ts-jest": "^27.0.5",
     "typescript": "^3.7.2",
     "uglify-es": "^3.3.9"
   },
   "jest": {
+    "testEnvironment": "jsdom",
     "roots": [
       "<rootDir>/src",
       "<rootDir>/tests"
@@ -75,7 +76,9 @@
       "jsx",
       "json",
       "node"
-    ]
+    ],
+    "collectCoverage": true,
+    "coverageReporters": ["html"]
   },
   "prettier": {
     "printWidth": 100,

roadmap.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 🦉 OWL Roadmap 🦉
 
-- Current version: 1.4.0
+- Current version: 1.4.5
 - Status: stable
 
 This roadmap is only an attempt at predicting Owl's future.  Everything may

src/config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { QWeb } from "./qweb/index";
+import { TRANSLATABLE_ATTRS } from "./qweb/qweb";
 
 /**
  * This file creates and exports the OWL 'config' object, with keys:
@@ -9,9 +10,12 @@ import { QWeb } from "./qweb/index";
 interface Config {
   mode: string;
   enableTransitions: boolean;
+  translatableAttributes: string[];
 }
 
-export const config = {} as Config;
+export const config = {
+  translatableAttributes: TRANSLATABLE_ATTRS,
+} as Config;
 
 Object.defineProperty(config, "mode", {
   get() {

src/qweb/expression_parser.ts

@@ -257,16 +257,33 @@ export function compileExprToArray(expr: string, scope: { [key: string]: QWebVar
   const tokens = tokenize(expr);
 
   let i = 0;
+  let stack = []; // to track last opening [ or {
 
   while (i < tokens.length) {
     let token = tokens[i];
     let prevToken = tokens[i - 1];
     let nextToken = tokens[i + 1];
+    let groupType = stack[stack.length - 1];
+
+    switch (token.type) {
+      case "LEFT_BRACE":
+      case "LEFT_BRACKET":
+        stack.push(token.type);
+        break;
+      case "RIGHT_BRACE":
+      case "RIGHT_BRACKET":
+        stack.pop();
+    }
+
     let isVar = token.type === "SYMBOL" && !RESERVED_WORDS.includes(token.value);
     if (token.type === "SYMBOL" && !RESERVED_WORDS.includes(token.value)) {
       if (prevToken) {
         // normalize missing tokens: {a} should be equivalent to {a:a}
-        if (isLeftSeparator(prevToken) && isRightSeparator(nextToken)) {
+        if (
+          groupType === "LEFT_BRACE" &&
+          isLeftSeparator(prevToken) &&
+          isRightSeparator(nextToken)
+        ) {
           tokens.splice(i + 1, 0, { type: "COLON", value: ":" }, { ...token });
           nextToken = tokens[i + 1];
         }

src/qweb/qweb.ts

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ interface QWebConfig {
 // Const/global stuff/helpers
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const TRANSLATABLE_ATTRS = ["label", "title", "placeholder", "alt"];
+export const TRANSLATABLE_ATTRS = ["label", "title", "placeholder", "alt"];
 
 const lineBreakRE = /[\r\n]/;
 const whitespaceRE = /\s+/g;
@@ -127,20 +127,35 @@ const UTILS: Utils = {
       return result;
     }
     // this is already an object, but we may need to split keys:
-    // {'a': true, 'b c': true} should become {a: true, b: true, c: true}
+    // {'a b': true, 'a c': false} should become {a: true, b: true, c: false}
     for (let key in expr) {
       const value = expr[key];
       const words = key.split(/\s+/);
       for (let word of words) {
-        result[word] = value;
+        result[word] = result[word] || value;
       }
     }
     return result;
   },
+  /**
+   * This method combines the current context with the variables defined in a
+   * scope for use in a slot.
+   *
+   * The implementation is kind of tricky because we want to preserve the
+   * prototype chain structure of the cloned result. So we need to traverse the
+   * prototype chain, cloning each level respectively.
+   */
   combine(context, scope) {
-    const clone = Object.create(context);
+    let clone = context;
-    for (let k in scope) {
+    const scopeStack = [];
-      clone[k] = scope[k];
+    while (!isComponent(scope)) {
+      scopeStack.push(scope);
+      scope = scope.__proto__;
+    }
+    while (scopeStack.length) {
+      let scope = scopeStack.pop();
+      clone = Object.create(clone);
+      Object.assign(clone, scope);
     }
     return clone;
   },
@@ -314,6 +329,9 @@ export class QWeb extends EventBus {
    * template, with the name given by the t-name attribute.
    */
   addTemplates(xmlstr: string | Document) {
+    if (!xmlstr) {
+      return;
+    }
     const doc = typeof xmlstr === "string" ? parseXML(xmlstr) : xmlstr;
     const templates = doc.getElementsByTagName("templates")[0];
     if (!templates) {
@@ -542,7 +560,11 @@ export class QWeb extends EventBus {
     }
 
     if (node.tagName !== "t" && node.hasAttribute("t-call")) {
-      const tCallNode = document.createElement("t");
+      const tCallNode = document.implementation.createDocument(
+        "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
+        "t",
+        null
+      ).documentElement;
       tCallNode.setAttribute("t-call", node.getAttribute("t-call")!);
       node.removeAttribute("t-call");
       node.prepend(tCallNode);
@@ -578,7 +600,11 @@ export class QWeb extends EventBus {
           throw new Error(`Unknown QWeb directive: '${attrName}'`);
         }
         if (node.tagName !== "t" && (attrName === "t-esc" || attrName === "t-raw")) {
-          const tNode = document.createElement("t");
+          const tNode = document.implementation.createDocument(
+            "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
+            "t",
+            null
+          ).documentElement;
           tNode.setAttribute(attrName, node.getAttribute(attrName)!);
           for (let child of Array.from(node.childNodes)) {
             tNode.appendChild(child);

src/vdom/modules.ts

@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ function updateClass(oldVnode: VNode, vnode: VNode): void {
   elm = vnode.elm as Element;
 
   for (name in oldClass) {
-    if (name && !klass[name]) {
+    if (name && !klass[name] && !Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(klass, name)) {
+      // was `true` and now not provided
       elm.classList.remove(name);
     }
   }

tests/component/class_style.test.ts

@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ describe("class and style attributes with t-component", () => {
       error = e;
     }
     expect(error).toBeDefined();
-    expect(error.message).toBe("Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined");
+    const regexp = /Cannot read properties of undefined \(reading 'crash'\)|Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined/g;
+    expect(error.message).toMatch(regexp);
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("");
   });
 });

tests/component/error_handling.test.ts

@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ describe("component error handling (catchError)", () => {
         try {
           await super.render();
         } catch (e) {
-          expect(e.message).toBe("Cannot read property 'this' of undefined");
+          expect(e.message).toMatch(
+            /Cannot read properties of undefined \(reading 'this'\)|Cannot read property 'this' of undefined/
+          );
         }
       }
     }
@@ -359,7 +361,8 @@ describe("component error handling (catchError)", () => {
       error = e;
     }
     expect(error).toBeDefined();
-    expect(error.message).toBe("Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined");
+    const regexp = /Cannot read properties of undefined \(reading 'crash'\)|Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined/g;
+    expect(error.message).toMatch(regexp);
 
     expect(console.error).toBeCalledTimes(0);
     console.error = consoleError;
@@ -469,7 +472,8 @@ describe("component error handling (catchError)", () => {
       error = e;
     }
     expect(error).toBeDefined();
-    expect(error.message).toBe("Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined");
+    const regexp = /Cannot read properties of undefined \(reading 'crash'\)|Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined/g;
+    expect(error.message).toMatch(regexp);
 
     expect(console.error).toBeCalledTimes(0);
     console.error = consoleError;
@@ -495,7 +499,8 @@ describe("component error handling (catchError)", () => {
       error = e;
     }
     expect(error).toBeDefined();
-    expect(error.message).toBe("Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined");
+    const regexp = /Cannot read properties of undefined \(reading 'crash'\)|Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined/g;
+    expect(error.message).toMatch(regexp);
 
     expect(console.error).toBeCalledTimes(0);
     console.error = consoleError;
@@ -518,7 +523,8 @@ describe("component error handling (catchError)", () => {
       error = e;
     }
     expect(error).toBeDefined();
-    expect(error.message).toBe("Cannot read property 'y' of undefined");
+    const regexp = /Cannot read properties of undefined \(reading 'y'\)|Cannot read property 'y' of undefined/g;
+    expect(error.message).toMatch(regexp);
   });
 
   test("simple catchError", async () => {

tests/component/slots.test.ts

@@ -1257,4 +1257,117 @@ describe("t-slot directive", () => {
       `<div><div class="slotted"><div class="slot"><div class="child"></div></div></div></div>`
     );
   });
+
+  test("t-slot scope context", async () => {
+    expect.assertions(1);
+
+    class Wrapper extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<t t-slot="default"/>`;
+    }
+
+    let dialog;
+
+    class Dialog extends Component {
+      static template = xml`
+        <Wrapper>
+          <div t-on-click="onClick">
+            <t t-slot="default" />
+          </div>
+        </Wrapper>
+      `;
+
+      static components = { Wrapper };
+
+      setup() {
+        dialog = this;
+      }
+
+      onClick(ev) {
+        // we do not use expect(this).toBe(dialog) here because if it fails, it
+        // may blow up jest because it then tries to compute a diff, which is
+        // infinite if there is a cycle
+        expect(this === dialog).toBe(true);
+      }
+    }
+
+    class Parent extends Component {
+      static template = xml`
+        <Dialog>
+            <button>The Button</button>
+        </Dialog>`;
+      static components = { Dialog };
+    }
+
+    await mount(Parent, { target: fixture });
+
+    document.querySelector("button").click();
+    await nextTick();
+  });
+
+  test("t-slot in recursive templates", async () => {
+    QWeb.registerTemplate(
+      "_test_recursive_template",
+      `
+      <Wrapper>
+          <t t-esc="name" />
+          <t t-foreach="items" t-as="item">
+
+            <t t-if="!item.children.length">
+              <t t-esc="item.name" />
+            </t>
+
+            <t t-else="" t-call="_test_recursive_template">
+              <t t-set="name" t-value="item.name" />
+              <t t-set="items" t-value="item.children" />
+            </t>
+
+          </t>
+      </Wrapper>`
+    );
+
+    class Wrapper extends Component {
+      static template = xml`
+        <wrapper>
+          <t t-slot="default"/>
+        </wrapper>`;
+    }
+
+    class Parent extends Component {
+      static template = "_test_recursive_template";
+      static components = { Wrapper };
+      name = "foo";
+      items = [
+        {
+          name: "foo-0",
+          children: [
+            { name: "foo-00", children: [] },
+            {
+              name: "foo-01",
+              children: [
+                { name: "foo-010", children: [] },
+                { name: "foo-011", children: [] },
+                {
+                  name: "foo-012",
+                  children: [
+                    { name: "foo-0120", children: [] },
+                    { name: "foo-0121", children: [] },
+                    { name: "foo-0122", children: [] },
+                  ],
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            { name: "foo-02", children: [] },
+          ],
+        },
+        { name: "foo-1", children: [] },
+        { name: "foo-2", children: [] },
+      ];
+    }
+
+    await mount(Parent, { target: fixture });
+
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe(
+      "<wrapper>foo<wrapper>foo-0foo-00<wrapper>foo-01foo-010foo-011<wrapper>foo-012foo-0120foo-0121foo-0122</wrapper></wrapper>foo-02</wrapper>foo-1foo-2</wrapper>"
+    );
+  });
 });

tests/hooks.test.ts

@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ describe("hooks", () => {
     }
     const component = new MyComponent();
     await component.mount(fixture);
-    expect(component).not.toHaveProperty("mounted");
-    expect(component).not.toHaveProperty("willUnmount");
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>hey</div>");
     expect(steps).toEqual(["mounted"]);
     component.unmount();
@@ -383,8 +381,6 @@ describe("hooks", () => {
 
     const component = new MyComponent();
     await component.mount(fixture);
-    expect(component).not.toHaveProperty("patched");
-    expect(component).not.toHaveProperty("willPatch");
     expect(steps).toEqual([]);
 
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>hey</div>");
@@ -630,8 +626,6 @@ describe("hooks", () => {
 
     const app = new App();
     await app.mount(fixture);
-    expect(app).not.toHaveProperty("willStart");
-    expect(app).not.toHaveProperty("willUpdateProps");
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div><span>1</span></div>");
 
     // NOTE: 'on2ndStart' appears first in the list even though

tests/misc/portal.test.ts

@@ -546,7 +546,8 @@ describe("Portal: Basic use and DOM placement", () => {
       error = e;
     }
     expect(error).toBeDefined();
-    expect(error.message).toBe("Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined");
+    const regexp = /Cannot read properties of undefined \(reading 'crash'\)|Cannot read property 'crash' of undefined/g;
+    expect(error.message).toMatch(regexp);
   });
 
   test("portal manual unmount", async () => {

tests/qweb/__snapshots__/qweb.test.ts.snap

@@ -3943,6 +3943,20 @@ exports[`t-set value priority 1`] = `
 }"
 `;
 
+exports[`translation support can add additional attributes to the list of translatable attributes 1`] = `
+"function anonymous(context, extra
+) {
+    // Template name: \\"test\\"
+    let h = this.h;
+    let _1 = 'word';
+    let _2 = 'mot';
+    let c3 = [], p3 = {key:3,attrs:{tomato: _1,potato: _2}};
+    let vn3 = h('div', p3, c3);
+    c3.push({text: \`text\`});
+    return vn3;
+}"
+`;
+
 exports[`translation support can translate node content 1`] = `
 "function anonymous(context, extra
 ) {

tests/qweb/__snapshots__/qweb_t_att.test.ts.snap

@@ -27,3 +27,31 @@ exports[`qweb t-att t-att-class with multiple classes 2`] = `
     return vn4;
 }"
 `;
+
+exports[`qweb t-att t-att-class with multiple classes, some of which are duplicate 1`] = `
+"function anonymous(context, extra
+) {
+    // Template name: \\"test\\"
+    let utils = this.constructor.utils;
+    let scope = Object.create(context);
+    let h = this.h;
+    let _1 = utils.toClassObj({'a b c':scope['value'],'a b d':!scope['value']});
+    let c2 = [], p2 = {key:2,class:_1};
+    let vn2 = h('div', p2, c2);
+    return vn2;
+}"
+`;
+
+exports[`qweb t-att t-att-class with multiple classes, some of which are duplicate 2`] = `
+"function anonymous(context, extra
+) {
+    // Template name: \\"test\\"
+    let utils = this.constructor.utils;
+    let scope = Object.create(context);
+    let h = this.h;
+    let _3 = utils.toClassObj({'a b c':scope['value'],'a b d':!scope['value']});
+    let c4 = [], p4 = {key:4,class:_3};
+    let vn4 = h('div', p4, c4);
+    return vn4;
+}"
+`;

tests/qweb/qweb.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { QWeb } from "../../src/qweb/index";
+import { config } from "../../src/index";
 import { nextTick, normalize, renderToDOM, renderToString, trim } from "../helpers";
 import { patch } from "../../src/vdom";
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ let qweb: QWeb;
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   QWeb.TEMPLATES = {};
+  QWeb.nextId = 1;
   qweb = new QWeb();
 });
 
@@ -1862,8 +1864,7 @@ describe("t-ref", () => {
 
 describe("loading templates", () => {
   test("can initialize qweb with a string", () => {
-    const templates = `
+    const templates = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <templates id="template" xml:space="preserve">
         <div t-name="hey">jupiler</div>
       </templates>`;
@@ -1872,8 +1873,7 @@ describe("loading templates", () => {
   });
 
   test("can load a few templates from a xml string", () => {
-    const data = `
+    const data = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <templates id="template" xml:space="preserve">
 
         <t t-name="items"><li>ok</li><li>foo</li></t>
@@ -2213,6 +2213,17 @@ describe("translation support", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test("can add additional attributes to the list of translatable attributes", () => {
+    const translations = {
+      word: "mot",
+    };
+    const translateFn = (expr) => translations[expr] || expr;
+    const qweb = new QWeb({ translateFn });
+    config.translatableAttributes.push("potato");
+    qweb.addTemplate("test", `<div tomato="word" potato="word">text</div>`);
+    expect(renderToString(qweb, "test")).toBe('<div tomato="word" potato="mot">text</div>');
+  });
+
   test("translation is done on the trimmed text, with extra spaces readded after", () => {
     const translations = {
       word: "mot",

tests/qweb/qweb_expressions.test.ts

@@ -207,6 +207,17 @@ describe("expression evaluation", () => {
     expect(compileExpr("{a,b:3,c}", {})).toBe("{a:scope['a'],b:3,c:scope['c']}");
   });
 
+  test("works with short object description and lists ", () => {
+    expect(compileExpr("[a, b]", {})).toBe("[scope['a'],scope['b']]");
+    expect(compileExpr("[a, b, c]", {})).toBe("[scope['a'],scope['b'],scope['c']]");
+    expect(compileExpr("[a, {b, c},d]", {})).toBe(
+      "[scope['a'],{b:scope['b'],c:scope['c']},scope['d']]"
+    );
+    expect(compileExpr("{a:[b, {c, d: e}]}", {})).toBe(
+      "{a:[scope['b'],{c:scope['c'],d:scope['e']}]}"
+    );
+  });
+
   test("template strings", () => {
     expect(compileExpr("`hey`", {})).toBe("`hey`");
     expect(compileExpr("`hey ${you}`", {})).toBe("`hey ${scope['you']}`");

tests/qweb/qweb_t_att.test.ts

@@ -24,4 +24,13 @@ describe("qweb t-att", () => {
       '<div class="a b c"></div>'
     );
   });
+
+  test("t-att-class with multiple classes, some of which are duplicate", () => {
+    expect(render(`<div t-att-class="{'a b c': value, 'a b d': !value}" />`, { value: true })).toBe(
+      '<div class="a b c"></div>'
+    );
+    expect(
+      render(`<div t-att-class="{'a b c': value, 'a b d': !value}" />`, { value: false })
+    ).toBe('<div class="a b d"></div>');
+  });
 });

tests/router/link.test.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe("Link component", () => {
     await app.mount(fixture);
 
     expect(window.location.pathname).toBe("/users");
-    var evt = new MouseEvent("click", {
+    var evt = new MouseEvent("contextmenu", {
       button: 1,
     });
 

tools/release.js

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ async function startRelease() {
   }
   let shouldUploadPlayground = await ask(`Should this release be uploaded on the playground [y/n] ? (y)`);
   shouldUploadPlayground = shouldUploadPlayground.toLowerCase() !== 'n';
+  
+  let shouldUploadPCoverageReport = await ask(`Should this release coverage report be published [y/n] ? (y)`);
+  shouldUploadPCoverageReport = shouldUploadPCoverageReport.toLowerCase() !== 'n';
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   log(`Step 2/${STEPS}: running tests...`);
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ async function startRelease() {
   if (shouldUploadPlayground) {
     log(`Bonus step: publishing new release on playground...`);
     let owl_code = null;
-    status = 0
+    let status = 0
 
     try {
       owl_code = await readFile("dist/owl.iife.js");
@@ -153,6 +156,42 @@ async function startRelease() {
       logError("Something went wrong for the playground update.")
     }
   }
+
+  if (shouldUploadPCoverageReport) {
+    let status = 0
+    log(`Bonus step: publishing new coverage report...`);
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync("./coverage")) {
+      logError("Couldn't update coverage report, there is no coverage folder on master.")
+      return;
+    }
+
+    status += await execCommand("git stash push -a -- coverage");
+    if (status !== 0) {
+      logError("Couldn't stash coverage")
+      return;
+    }
+
+    status += await execCommand("git checkout gh-pages");
+    if (status !== 0) {
+      logError("Couldn't switch to gh-pages branch")
+      return;
+    }
+
+    
+    status += await execCommand("rm -rf coverage");
+    status += await execCommand("git stash pop");
+    status += await execCommand("git add coverage");
+    status += await execCommand(`git commit -m "[IMP] update coverage report for owl v${next}"`);
+    status += await execCommand(`git push origin gh-pages`);
+    status += await execCommand("git checkout -");
+
+    if (status !== 0) {
+      logError("Something went wrong for the coverage report update.")
+    }
+
+  }
+
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------