Add test matrix generator

README.md

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ A working example can be found at [openzeppelin-contracts, here.][35]
 | solcoverjs | `--solcoverjs ./../.solcover.js` | Relative path from working directory to config. Useful for monorepo packages that share settings. (Path must be "./" prefixed) |
 | network    | `--network development` | Use network settings defined in the Truffle or Buidler config |
 | temp[<sup>*</sup>][14]       | `--temp build`   | :warning: **Caution** :warning:  Path to a *disposable* folder to store compilation artifacts in. Useful when your test setup scripts include hard-coded paths to a build directory. [More...][14] |
+| matrix   | `--matrix` | Generate a JSON object that maps which mocha tests hit which lines of code. (Useful
+as an input for some fuzzing, mutation testing and fault-localization algorithms.) [More...][38]|
 
 [<sup>*</sup> Advanced use][14]
 
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ module.exports = {
 | measureStatementCoverage | *boolean* | `true` | Computes statement (in addition to line) coverage. [More...][34] |
 | measureFunctionCoverage | *boolean* | `true` | Computes function coverage. [More...][34] |
 | measureModifierCoverage | *boolean* | `true` | Computes each modifier invocation as a code branch. [More...][34] |
+| matrixOutputPath | *String* | `./testMatrix.json` | Relative path to write test matrix JSON object to. [More...][38] |
 | istanbulFolder | *String* | `./coverage` |  Folder location for Istanbul coverage reports. |
 | istanbulReporter | *Array* | `['html', 'lcov', 'text', 'json']` | [Istanbul coverage reporters][2]  |
 | mocha | *Object* | `{ }` | [Mocha options][3] to merge into existing mocha config. `grep` and `invert` are useful for skipping certain tests under coverage using tags in the test descriptions.|
@@ -232,4 +235,5 @@ $ yarn
 [35]: https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/blob/e5fbbda9bac49039847a7ed20c1d966766ecc64a/scripts/coverage.js
 [36]: https://hardhat.org/
 [37]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/HARDHAT_README.md
+[38]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/advanced.md#generating-a-test-matrix
 

docs/advanced.md

@@ -97,3 +97,18 @@ Setting the `measureStatementCoverage` and/or `measureFunctionCoverage` options
 improve performance, lower the cost of execution and minimize complications that arise from `solc`'s
 limits on how large the compilation payload can be.
 
+## Generating a test matrix
+
+Some advanced testing strategies benefit from knowing which tests in a suite hit a
+specific line of code. Examples include:
++ [mutation testing][22], where this data lets you select the correct subset of tests to check
+a mutation with.
++ [fault localization techniques][23], where the complete data set is a key input to algorithms that try
+to guess where bugs might exist in a given codebase.
+
+Running the coverage command with `--matrix` will write [a JSON test matrix][25] which maps greppable
+test names to each line of code to a file named `testMatrix.json` in your project's root.
+
+[22]: https://github.com/JoranHonig/vertigo#vertigo
+[23]: http://spideruci.org/papers/jones05.pdf
+[25]: https://github.com/sc-forks/solidity-coverage/blob/master/docs/matrix.md