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authorMarkus Ferrell <markus.ferrell@kitware.com>2022-10-06 12:05:42 -0400
committerMarkus Ferrell <markus.ferrell@kitware.com>2022-10-25 11:54:05 -0400
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downloadcmake-6e58a01f4e39ed722a99c2747aa81641984db7af.tar.gz
Tutorial: Update step 6 style
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-rw-r--r--Help/guide/tutorial/Adding Support for a Testing Dashboard.rst95
-rw-r--r--Help/guide/tutorial/Step6/CMakeLists.txt1
2 files changed, 66 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Help/guide/tutorial/Adding Support for a Testing Dashboard.rst b/Help/guide/tutorial/Adding Support for a Testing Dashboard.rst
index 45d5976981..787e777dc4 100644
--- a/Help/guide/tutorial/Adding Support for a Testing Dashboard.rst
+++ b/Help/guide/tutorial/Adding Support for a Testing Dashboard.rst
@@ -4,33 +4,40 @@ Step 6: Adding Support for a Testing Dashboard
Adding support for submitting our test results to a dashboard is simple. We
already defined a number of tests for our project in
:ref:`Testing Support <Tutorial Testing Support>`. Now we just have to run
-those tests and submit them to a dashboard. To include support for dashboards
-we include the :module:`CTest` module in our top-level ``CMakeLists.txt``.
+those tests and submit them to CDash.
-Replace:
-.. literalinclude:: Step6/CMakeLists.txt
- :caption: CMakeLists.txt
- :name: CMakeLists.txt-enable_testing-remove
- :language: cmake
- :start-after: # enable testing
- :end-before: # does the application run
+Exercise 1 - Send Results to a Testing Dashboard
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-With:
+Goal
+----
-.. literalinclude:: Step7/CMakeLists.txt
- :caption: CMakeLists.txt
- :name: CMakeLists.txt-include-CTest
- :language: cmake
- :start-after: # enable testing
- :end-before: # does the application run
+Display our CTest results with CDash.
+
+Helpful Resources
+-----------------
+
+* :manual:`ctest(1)`
+* :command:`include`
+* :module:`CTest`
+
+Files to Edit
+-------------
-The :module:`CTest` module will automatically call ``enable_testing()``, so we
-can remove it from our CMake files.
+* ``CMakeLists.txt``
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+
+For this exercise, complete ``TODO 1`` in the top-level ``CMakeLists.txt`` by
+including the :module:`CTest` module. This will enable testing with CTest as
+well as dashboard submissions to CDash, so we can safely remove the call to
+:command:`enable_testing`.
We will also need to acquire a ``CTestConfig.cmake`` file to be placed in the
-top-level directory where we can specify information to CTest about the
-project. It contains:
+top-level directory. When run, the :manual:`ctest <ctest(1)>` executable will
+read this file to gather information about the testing dashboard. It contains:
* The project name
@@ -41,9 +48,10 @@ project. It contains:
* The URL of the CDash instance where the submission's generated documents
will be sent
-One has been provided for you in this directory. It would normally be
-downloaded from the ``Settings`` page of the project on the CDash
-instance that will host and display the test results. Once downloaded from
+For this tutorial, a public dashboard server is used and its corresponding
+``CTestConfig.cmake`` file is provided for you in this step's root directory.
+In practice, this file would be downloaded from a project's ``Settings`` page
+on the CDash instance intended to host the test results. Once downloaded from
CDash, the file should not be modified locally.
.. literalinclude:: Step7/CTestConfig.cmake
@@ -51,11 +59,16 @@ CDash, the file should not be modified locally.
:name: CTestConfig.cmake
:language: cmake
-The :manual:`ctest <ctest(1)>` executable will read in this file when it runs.
-To create a simple dashboard you can run the :manual:`cmake <cmake(1)>`
-executable or the :manual:`cmake-gui <cmake-gui(1)>` to configure the project,
-but do not build it yet. Instead, change directory to the binary tree, and then
-run:
+
+Build and Run
+-------------
+
+Note that as part of the CDash submission some information about your
+development system (e.g. site name or full pathnames) may displayed publicly.
+
+To create a simple test dashboard, run the :manual:`cmake <cmake(1)>`
+executable or the :manual:`cmake-gui <cmake-gui(1)>` to configure the project
+but do not build it yet. Instead, navigate to the build directory and run:
.. code-block:: console
@@ -70,6 +83,28 @@ type must be specified:
Or, from an IDE, build the ``Experimental`` target.
-The :manual:`ctest <ctest(1)>` executable will build and test the project and
-submit the results to Kitware's public dashboard:
+The :manual:`ctest <ctest(1)>` executable will build the project, run any
+tests, and submit the results to Kitware's public dashboard:
https://my.cdash.org/index.php?project=CMakeTutorial.
+
+Solution
+--------
+
+The only CMake code changed needed in this step was to enable dashboard
+submissions to CDash by including the :module:`CTest` module in our top-level
+``CMakeLists.txt``:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <details><summary>TODO 1: Click to show/hide answer</summary>
+
+.. literalinclude:: Step7/CMakeLists.txt
+ :caption: TODO 1: CMakeLists.txt
+ :name: CMakeLists.txt-include-CTest
+ :language: cmake
+ :start-after: # enable testing
+ :end-before: # does the application run
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ </details>
diff --git a/Help/guide/tutorial/Step6/CMakeLists.txt b/Help/guide/tutorial/Step6/CMakeLists.txt
index da9e8521e3..c11e307736 100644
--- a/Help/guide/tutorial/Step6/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Help/guide/tutorial/Step6/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/TutorialConfig.h"
DESTINATION include
)
+# TODO 1: Replace enable_testing() with include(CTest)
# enable testing
enable_testing()