[CMake] How to test a local git branch

[Esztermann, Ansgar]

Hi everyone,

some time ago, I've set up automated nightly builds of an open-source project (with CTest and CDash). CTest support isn't in upstream, so I have created a "ctest" branch in git, pulling every night from upstream. A while ago, I noticed that all my test were gone -- indeed, the whole branch and its history were gone.
Some investigation revealed that CTest does this on purpose (fetch and reset --hard instead of pull or fetch and merge) so "that the upstream branch is tested as expected." 

Is it possible to test a local branch? How would I do that?


Thanks a lot,

A.

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Ansgar Esztermann
DV-Systemadministration
Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Abteilung 105