clas12-validation

Automated validation of CLAS12 offline software using GitHub Continuous Integration (CI). The following repositories are tested:

• coatjava
• gemc, namely clas12Tags
• clas12-config
• this repository itself

Configuration

The workflow is reusable: it can be called by other workflows as

jobs:
  validation:
    uses: JeffersonLab/clas12-validation/.github/workflows/ci.yml@main

You may customize the called workflow with input variables; for technical reasons, the default values and their description are found in the workflow file in the env: section. Below is an example how to set some of them:

jobs:
  validation:
    uses: JeffersonLab/clas12-validation/.github/workflows/ci.yml@main
    with:
      # use a custom number of events, rather than the defaults:
      num_events: 8
      # use a custom list of event generation types to run
      matrix_evgen: >-
        [
          "e_K",
          "e_n",
          "e_g"
        ]
      # use a custom list of config files to run
      matrix_config: >-
        [
          "rga_spring2018",
          "rgb_fall2019"
        ]
      # use specific fixed versions of the config files, rather than the default (latest) versions (JSON string):
      config_file_versions: >-
        {
          "coatjava": "10.0.0",
          "gemc":     "5.3"
        }
      # use a specific fork and ref (e.g., branch, commit, tag) of certain repositories (JSON string);
      # if 'ref' is an empty string, the highest semantic-versioned tag will be used
      git_upstream: >-
        {
          "coatjava":      { "fork": "UserName/coatjava",          "ref": "feature-branch"   },
          "clas12-config": { "fork": "JeffersonLab/clas12-config", "ref": "new-config-files" }
        }
      # choose which GEMC version to use
      gemc_version: match_gcard

Version Handling

clas12-validation supports certain version combinations, with versions of the upstream repositories (clas12Tags, coatjava, etc.) and versions of the configurations (gcard files for gemc, and yaml files for coatjava). Depending on the triggering workflow and trigger branch, clas12-validation needs to choose the most appropriate combination of version numbers.

First of all, the input variable matrix_config (see configuration, above) lists the configuration file (gcard and yaml) basenames that are tested; for each of these, we test simulation and reconstruction using each event generator sample defined by matrix_evgen.

In many cases we test on the latest gcard for a given basename, but we need to make sure the gemc version that is used matches the gcard version. The latest version of a gcard (or yaml) file for a given basename is determined by finding all of the gcard (or yaml) files with that basename, and choosing the one in the subdirectory corresponding to the highest semantic version number. Other cases, for example clas12Tags triggers, may use a new CI build of clas12Tags (gemc), together with the dev version of the gcard.

The following table shows the configuration file versions and repository versions, for various upstream triggering repositories.

Note

This table may not be up-to-date! Check the repositories' CI configurations for the actual versions used.

Triggering Repository	clas12-config branch	clas12Tags branch	gcard version	yaml version	gemc version	coatjava version
clas12-validation	main	N/A	latest	latest1	gcard2	development
coatjava	main	N/A	latest	latest1	gcard2	triggering version
clas12Tags	dev	triggering version	dev	latest	CI build	latest
clas12-config, dev branch3	triggering version	dev	dev	latest	CI build	development
clas12-config, any other branch	triggering version	N/A	latest	latest1	gcard2	development

1. the latest yaml version that is compatible with the gcard version.
2. use the gcard version to module switch to the corresponding gemc version
3. or any PR branch that targets the dev branch

Legacy Version

The original version of this repository is found in release v0.1.