chore: added coverage multiprocessing config for CI master builds

.github/workflows/build_ci.yml

@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ jobs:
         shell: 'script -q -e -c "bash {0}"'
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install codecov
-          pytest --cov=.
+          if [ $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) == "master" ];
+          then  # run coverage with multiprocessing but only for the daily master build (for performance reasons)
+            sed -i 's/"thread"/"thread", "multiprocessing"/g' pyproject.toml
+          fi
+          pytest --cov
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:

.multiproc-coveragerc

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+; this coverage config file is only for master builds on the CI
+; for all other CI builds it is disabled by default (due to massive performance hits)
+[run]
+concurrency = multiprocessing
+parallel = True

pyproject.toml

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ docstring-quotes = "double"
 quote-style = "single"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
+source = "src"
 omit = [
     # ignore install scripts
     "src/install.py",
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ omit = [
     # ignore files only run inside docker
     "src/plugins/analysis/*/docker/**",
 ]
+multiprocessing = ["thread"]
+parallel = true
 
 [tool.coverage.report]
 exclude_also = [