From ec057e313f75329ad6b9d91b0e9febd520b6743d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:46:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add warning message when unit conversion is enabled

---
 src/potential_file_reader.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/potential_file_reader.cpp b/src/potential_file_reader.cpp
index e2b3909ace..47283fd574 100644
--- a/src/potential_file_reader.cpp
+++ b/src/potential_file_reader.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ TextFileReader *PotentialFileReader::open_potential(const std::string &path) {
         }
       }
     }
-
+    if (unit_convert != utils::NOCONVERT)
+      lmp->error->warning(FLERR, fmt::format("Converting {} in {} units to {} "
+                                             "units", filetype, units, unit_style));
     return new TextFileReader(filepath, filetype);
   }
   return nullptr;