Updated the test yaml to use pure cmake commands. Updated the README to reflect how to build.

Author: LinuxDevon

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -22,14 +22,10 @@ jobs:
       run: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -Bbuild -H.
 
     - name: Build the library
-      run: |
-        cd build
-        make -j$(nproc)
+      run: cmake --build build
 
     - name: Run unit tests
-      run: |
-        cd build
-        ctest --output-on-failure
+      run: ctest --output-on-failure --test-dir build
 
   format-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Build folders
 bin/
 build/
+Testing/
 
 # -- Git -- #
 *.bak
@@ -15,4 +16,5 @@ __pycache__/
 *.sublime-*
 
 # -- Static Analyzers -- #
-.cache/
+.cache/
+

README.md

@@ -4,19 +4,6 @@ This is to provide a library header only file to read in DBC files. I was lookin
 find a simple library that didn't have dependencies. So here we are making one. I got some inspiration
 from the python dbc library here: https://pypi.org/project/cantools/
 
-## Testing
-
-I am trying to always make sure that this is very well tested code. I am using Catch2 to do this
-testing and if you aren't familiar here is the documentation: https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/blob/master/docs/Readme.md#top
-
-To run the tests locally you can use the following:
-```bash
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake ..
-make test -j
-```
-
 ## Building
 
 I am using Cmake to be able to build the tests and the lib. I plan on doing more with it but this is what it
@@ -26,10 +13,18 @@ needs. Feel free to submit changes so the building process will be more robust.
 
 Here are the steps to get started:
 ```bash
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake ..
-make
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Bbuild -H.
+cmake --build build
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+I am trying to always make sure that this is very well tested code. I am using Catch2 to do this
+testing and if you aren't familiar here is the documentation: https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/blob/master/docs/Readme.md#top
+
+To run the tests locally you can use the following. Assuming you have built the project you should get a test executable.
+```bash
+ctest --output-on-failure --test-dir build
 ```
 
 ## Scripts