SonarQube: Coverage on New Code never calculated

Question

I have set up SonarQube, Maven and Cobertura to upload unit test coverage at every build run. I want to use the differential views to get coverage for the delta (new code on

Answer 1

Adding this sonar.java.binaries=classes directory, most likely target/classes helped me in fixing this issue. No JaCoCo analysis of project coverage can be done since there is no class files

Answer 2

"Coverage on New Code" is only displayed if you are using/activating SCM support (SVN, Git, ...).

sonar.scm.disabled=false

Answer 3

The key requirement to obtain new_code -related information/metrics is to leverage SonarQube SCM integration. And to benefit from that you have to install a compatible SCM Plugin applicable to your project (e.g. Git Plugin, SVN Plugin etc.).