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A CLI to automate mundane tasks with Idefix

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idefix_cli:idfx

This is a CLI helper tool for Idefix, named idfx. idfx gathers and automates boring and repetetive tasks such as configuration and cleanup in a single tool.

Warning: Idefix itself is not publicly available yet.

Installation

It is recommended to install this tool in isolation with pipx as

$ pipx install idefix_cli

Otherwise, the way to install the latest stable version is

$ python3 -m pip install -u idefix_cli

Note that most idfx commands explicitly require that the env variable $IDEFIX_DIR be set.

Internal documentation

The following contains usage examples. Get a complete description of available options with

$ idfx --help

Likewise, get help for each command therein as, for instance

$ idfx run --help

Commands

idfx clone

Clone an idefix problem directory by copying the main source files (definitions.hpp, setup.cpp, idefix.ini).

$ idfx clone $IDEFIX_DIR/test/HD/KHI/ /tmp/myKHI
More Instead of making hard copies, files can be symbolically linked to instead of copied, with `--shallow`.

Additional files may be included in the clone using the --extra argument. They can be specified either by name or POSIX pattern, e.g.

$ idfx clone $IDEFIX_DIR/test/HD/KHI/ /tmp/myKHI --extra *.log

idfx conf

idfx conf creates a valid Makefile at the specified location and with the speficied parameters (HD/MHD ? ... see idfx conf --help).

idfx conf is a unified wrapper for $IDEFIX_DIR/configure.py and cmake. All arguments and flags are passed down to the prefered system Some arguments like -mhd, -mpi and -openmp, originally implemented in $IDEFIX_DIR/configure.py, are automatically translated for cmake.

A system preference can be configured globally in $HOME/.config/idefix.cfg, as

[idefix_cli]
conf_system = python
# or
conf_system = cmake

Otherwise idfx conf will attempt to guess what system should be used base on availability. Cmake is prefered over Python when available.

idfx run

idfx run performs a simulation. It is mostly useful run tests problems sequentially for very short periods.

Note that this command will fail if neither idefix or Makefile are found in the specified directory. In case only the Makefile is present, this command will compile the program first.

idfx run is not a complete wrapper around the idefix executable. This means that if you need to pass additional arguments to idefix other than -i, you should run it directly.

minimal example: run a test sequentially

$ idfx run $IDEFIX_DIR/test/HD/KHI

The default behaviour is to use idefix.ini contained in the specified directory. If you want to run a different one, use -i/--inifile

$ idfx run . -i myconf.ini

Note that idfx run looks for the inifile relative to the cwd, and then relative to the specified directory.

running a shorter version of a problem

Use the --duration and --time-step arguments to run a modified version of a base inifile.

$ idfx run . --duration 1e-4

The patched copy will be save to a .ini_ file with a unique identifier (UUID). Those files are cleaned with other with idfx clean --all

Note that --time-step maps to Idefix's inifile TimeIntegrator.first_dt.

Use --one-step/--one to run a single time step (total simulation time equates to the first time step). The length of the time step can be adjusted in combination with --time-step, however, --one-step is incompatible with --duration.

$ idfx run . --one

is a shortcut for

$ idfx run . --duration x --time-step x

where x, is the existing value found in the inifile.

idfx clean

Removes generated files.

$ idfx clean .

By default only intermediate C++ (*.o, *.host and *.cuda) files are cleaned.

To also remove Makefile, idefix executables and *.ini_ files generated by idfx, run

$ idfx clean . --all

Use the --dry-run/--dry flag to print a list of what files would be deleted without actually deleting anything.

idfx stamp

Prints key data for reproduction and development to stdout.

$ idfx stamp
v0.5
daff799bb64b0993f058f50779873d594376d5bf
lesurg
f-dahu
Sat Jan 16 16:15:28 2021
More

This command is roughly equivalent (and slightly more portable) to

$ cd $IDEFIX_DIR \
  && git describe --tags \
  && cd - > /dev/null \
  && date \
  && hostname \
  && echo $USER

Additionnally, one can get the underlying data in json-serializable format

$ idfx stamp --json
{
  "tag": "v0.5",
  "sha": "daff799bb64b0993f058f50779873d594376d5bf",
  "user": "glesur",
  "host": "f-dahu",
  "date": "Sat Jan 16 16:15:54 2021"
}

This is helpful to quickly store important metadata next to one's datafiles. The git tag may be of critical value for reproductability, especially when bugs in Idefix are found after simulations are run, like so

$ idfx stamp --json > metadata.json

IO operations for inifiles

idfx read

Read an Idefix inifile and print the resulting dictionnary to stdout in a json parsable format. This is useful to inspect inifiles programatically in combination with tools like jq

$ idfx read $IDEFIX_DIR/test/HD/KHI/idefix.ini | jq '.Output.vtk' --compact-output
[0.01,-1,"single_file"]

By default, the ouptut of idfx read is flat. Optionnaly, you can use --indent <N> to improve human-readability.

idfx write

Conversely, idfx write converts from json formatted strings to Idefix inifile format

$ idfx write save.ini $(cat save.json)

arbitrary patching

idfx read and idfx write methods can be combined with jq to arbitrarily patch an inifile

$ idfx read test/HD/KHI/idefix.ini | jq .TimeIntegrator.CFL=1e6 | idfx write idefix_patched.ini

Contribution guidelines

We use the pre-commit framework to automatically lint for code style and common pitfals.

Before you commit to your local copy of the repo, please run this from the top level

$ python3 -m pip install -u -e .[dev]
$ pre-commit install

Testing

We use the pytest framework to test idfx's internal components. The test suite can be run from the top level with a simple pytest invocation.

$ pytest

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