Description of the feature request:

For python coverage collection, .coveragerc is hardcoded in https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blame/d435c6dd6e977a5c3ea1bc726557a9321948a317/tools/python/python_bootstrap_template.txt#L393-L397. To provide configurability, we'd like to introduce custom .coveragerc to set configurations including https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/stable/excluding.html#advanced-exclusion.

Which category does this issue belong to?

Configurability, Python Rules

What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?

Allow coverage configurations. In particular, we're interested in excluding import statements being collected as executable lines in coverage reports.

Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

macOS, Linux

What is the output of bazel info release?

release 6.3.0

If bazel info release returns development version or (@non-git), tell us how you built Bazel.

No response

What's the output of git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse master; git rev-parse HEAD ?

No response

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

No response

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

No response