Allow CI to run subset of tests without ROOT

* Add a custom marker to test functions requiring ROOT.
* Run subset of tests using "pytest -m 'not needs_root'".

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        root-version: ["6.24", "6.26", "6.28", "6.30"]
+        root-version: ["", "6.24", "6.26", "6.28", "6.30"]
         python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         exclude:
           - root-version: "6.24"
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Setup Micromamba environment
+      if: ${{ matrix.root-version }}
       uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
       with:
         environment-name: ci
@@ -68,7 +69,22 @@ jobs:
           channels:
             - conda-forge
 
+    - name: Setup Micromamba environment without ROOT
+      if: ${{ !matrix.root-version }}
+      uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+      with:
+        environment-name: ci
+        create-args: >-
+          python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          imagemagick
+          ghostscript
+          pip
+        condarc: |
+          channels:
+            - conda-forge
+
     - name: ROOT info
+      if: ${{ matrix.root-version }}
       run: |
         root-config --version
         root-config --python-version
@@ -94,23 +110,30 @@ jobs:
 
     # Use python -m pytest to add current working dir as src/ dir layout not used
     - name: Run pytest
+      if: ${{ matrix.root-version }}
       run: |
         python -m pytest tests
 
+    - name: Run pytest without ROOT
+      if: ${{ !matrix.root-version }}
+      run: |
+        python -m pytest tests -m 'not needs_root'
+
     - name: Report coverage with Codecov
+      if: ${{ matrix.root-version }}
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
       with:
         files: ./coverage.xml
         flags: unittests-${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Save notebooks
-      if: ${{ always() }}
+      if: ${{ always() && matrix.root-version }}
       run: |
         python -m jupyter kernelspec list
         python -m jupyter nbconvert --ExecutePreprocessor.timeout=600 --ExecutePreprocessor.allow_errors=True --to html --execute examples/*.ipynb
 
     - name: Upload notebooks
-      if: ${{ always() }}
+      if: ${{ always() && matrix.root-version }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: notebooks-${{ matrix.root-version }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.os }} py3-${{ matrix.root-version }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.os }}

docs/dev.rst

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ To run the tests, move into the ``hepdata_lib`` directory while in your virtual
 
 It is a good idea to run the tests manually to ensure that your changes do not cause any issues.
 
+If you don't have a working ROOT installation, a subset of the tests can still be run without ROOT:
+
+::
+
+    pytest tests -m "not needs_root"
+
 Definition of test cases
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ addopts = [
 ]
 log_cli_level = "info"
 testpaths = "tests"
+markers = [
+    "needs_root: requires a ROOT installation"
+]

setup.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
     ],
     keywords='HEPData physics OpenData',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),

tests/test_cfilereader.py

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 import os
 import numpy as np
+import pytest
 from hepdata_lib.c_file_reader import CFileReader
 
+@pytest.mark.needs_root
 class TestCFileReader(TestCase):
     """Test the CFileReader class."""
 

tests/test_notebooks.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def common_kwargs(tmpdir):
         'cwd' : 'examples'
     }
 
+@pytest.mark.needs_root
 def test_correlation(common_kwargs):# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
     """Tests examples/correlation.ipynb"""
     pm.execute_notebook('examples/correlation.ipynb', **common_kwargs)
@@ -21,14 +22,21 @@ def test_getting_started(common_kwargs):# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
     """Tests examples/Getting_started.ipynb"""
     pm.execute_notebook('examples/Getting_started.ipynb', **common_kwargs)
 
+@pytest.mark.needs_root
 def test_reading_histograms(common_kwargs):# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
     """Tests examples/reading_histograms.ipynb"""
     pm.execute_notebook('examples/reading_histograms.ipynb', **common_kwargs)
 
+@pytest.mark.needs_root
 def test_combine_limits(common_kwargs):# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
     """Tests examples/combine_limits.ipynb"""
     pm.execute_notebook('examples/combine_limits.ipynb', **common_kwargs)
 
+@pytest.mark.needs_root
 def test_c_file(common_kwargs):# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
     """Tests examples/read_c_file.ipynb"""
     pm.execute_notebook('examples/read_c_file.ipynb', **common_kwargs)
+
+def test_scikithep_histograms(common_kwargs):# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
+    """Tests examples/reading_scikithep_histograms.ipynb"""
+    pm.execute_notebook('examples/reading_scikithep_histograms.ipynb', **common_kwargs)

tests/test_rootfilereader.py

@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
 import os
 import ctypes
 import numpy as np
-import ROOT
+import pytest
+try:
+    import ROOT
+except ImportError as e:
+    print(f'Cannot import ROOT: {str(e)}')
 from hepdata_lib.root_utils import (RootFileReader, get_graph_points,
                                     get_hist_1d_points, get_hist_2d_points)
 from .test_utilities import float_compare, tuple_compare, histogram_compare_1d, make_tmp_root_file
 
 
+@pytest.mark.needs_root
 class TestRootFileReader(TestCase):
     """Test the RootFileReader class."""
 

tests/test_utilities.py

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 import os
 import random
 import string
-
-import ROOT
+try:
+    import ROOT
+except ImportError as e:
+    print(f'Cannot import ROOT: {str(e)}')
 from future.utils import raise_from