exclude example package from coverage

.github/workflows/go.yml

@@ -31,3 +31,31 @@ jobs:
       # You may pin to the exact commit or the version.
       # uses: gwatts/go-coverage-action@2845595538a59d63d1bf55f109c14e104c6f7cb3
       uses: gwatts/[email protected]
+      with:
+        # github token
+        #token: # optional, default is ${{ github.token }}
+        # URL of final uploaded report.  e.g. https://reports.example.com/{{ $github.sha }}/cover.html
+        #report-url: # optional
+        # Working directory.  Defaults to project root
+        #working-directory: # optional, default is 
+        # File or pathname for the resulting html coverage report
+        #report-filename: # optional, default is go-coverage.html
+        # Parameter to pass to go tests -covermode argument.  Either count, set or atomic
+        #cover-mode: # optional, default is count
+        # Parameter to pass to go tests -coverpkg argument. Leave empty to omit flag
+        #cover-pkg: # optional, default is 
+        # Additional build arguments to pass to go test
+        #test-args: # optional, default is []
+        # Package names to test, passed to go test - Multiple arguments should be separated by newlines
+        #test-pkgs: # optional, default is ./...
+        # Fail the build if the coverage drops below supplied percentage
+        #coverage-threshold: # optional, default is 0
+        # Fail the build if coverage drops below coverage-threshold.  One of "always", "never" or "only_pull_requests"
+        #fail-coverage: # optional, default is only_pull_requests
+        # Adds a comment to the PR with coverage information if true. If false will only add an action summary report
+        #add-comment: # optional, default is true
+        # One or more regular expressions matching filenames to exclude from coverage statistics (e.g. for generated Go files)
+        ignore-pattern: |
+          'example/.*'
+        # The refname to use for the git notes. Defaults to gocoverage
+        #notes-ref: # optional, default is gocoverage