--report-type='' implies no --cov-fail-under

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Authors
 * Zoltan Kozma - https://github.com/kozmaz87
 * Francis Niu - https://flniu.github.io
 * Jannis Leidel - https://github.com/jezdez
+* Terence Honles - https://github.com/terencehonles

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+2.5.2 (2018-04-14)
+------------------
+
+* Specifying ``--cov-report=`` will not output any report information and
+  will not check minimum coverage which may be specified with
+  ``--cov-fail-under=MIN`` or through the config. This change is to allow
+  using ``--cov-append`` in future runs without reporting failure too early.
+
+
 2.5.1 (2017-05-11)
 ------------------
 

src/pytest_cov/plugin.py

@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ def pytest_testnodedown(self, node, error):
     pytest_testnodedown.optionalhook = True
 
     def _should_report(self):
-        return not (self.failed and self.options.no_cov_on_fail)
+        return (self.options.cov_report
+                and not (self.failed and self.options.no_cov_on_fail))
 
     def _failed_cov_total(self):
         cov_fail_under = self.options.cov_fail_under