From bca271a2867d0cda2d8b46ac7d7c46b2a1ad5db5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trung Nguyen Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 17:34:35 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] mention regression tester in Build_development --- doc/src/Build_development.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/src/Build_development.rst b/doc/src/Build_development.rst index f315569b24..55a1b97ea5 100644 --- a/doc/src/Build_development.rst +++ b/doc/src/Build_development.rst @@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ of the LAMMPS project on GitHub. A few tests are also run as GitHub Actions and their configuration files are in the ``.github/workflows/`` folder of the LAMMPS git tree. +Regression tests can also be performed locally with the :doc:`regression tester tool `. +The tool checks if a given LAMMPS binary run with selected input examples +produces consistent thermo output with the provided log files. + The unit testing facility is integrated into the CMake build process of the LAMMPS source code distribution itself. It can be enabled by setting ``-D ENABLE_TESTING=on`` during the CMake configuration step.