With its default arguments, the GitLab CI template for Maven forces the use of [JaCoCo Maven Plugin](https://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/trunk/doc/maven.html)
With its default arguments, the GitLab CI template for Maven forces the use of [JaCoCo Maven Plugin](https://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/trunk/doc/maven.html)
to compute code coverage during unit tests execution.
to compute code coverage during unit tests execution.
In addition it makes the necessary to [integrate code coverage stats into your GitLab project](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/settings.html#merge-request-test-coverage-results)(report badge and viewable coverage in merge requests).
In addition it makes the necessary to [integrate code coverage stats into your GitLab project](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/testing/code_coverage.html#view-code-coverage-results-in-the-mr)(report badge and viewable coverage in merge requests).
If yo want to fix the JaCoCo plugin version or tweak the default configuration, you may have to configure the
If yo want to fix the JaCoCo plugin version or tweak the default configuration, you may have to configure the
[JaCoCo Maven Plugin](https://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/trunk/doc/maven.html) in your `pom.xml`, but be aware of the
[JaCoCo Maven Plugin](https://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/trunk/doc/maven.html) in your `pom.xml`, but be aware of the
