diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 681fb61f..55cb5a84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ GithubCredentials.py
 /dist/
 /build/
 /MANIFEST
-/PyGithub.egg-info/
\ No newline at end of file
+/PyGithub.egg-info/
+/.coverage
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index 131eb67c..f3adf2bd 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 pep8 --ignore=E501 github *.py  # pip install pep8
-python setup.py test
+
+python3 setup.py test
+
+coverage run --branch "--include=github/*.py" "--omit=github/tests/*.py" setup.py test
+coverage report --show-missing
 
 previousVersion=$( grep 'version =' setup.py | sed 's/.*version = \"\(.*\)\".*/\1/' )
 echo "Next version number? (previous: '$previousVersion')"