Local Windows Development

Here we describe several specific things we have noticed when trying to develop SASKTRAN2 on windows.

Debug Builds on Windows

To build the code in debug mode on windows you also need a debug version of catch2. You can run

conda activate sasktran2-dev-env
git clone git@github.com:catchorg/Catch2.git

cd catch2

cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=CONDA_ENV_ROOT
cmake --build build --config Debug --target Install
cmake --build build --config Release --target Install

where CONDA_ENV_ROOT is the path from the command

python -c "import os; print(os.environ['CONDA_PREFIX'] + '/Library')"`