Automatically disable DEBUGGING macro in options.h before building the codec...

  # needed when depth is lower than the number of commits in the branch

  - git fetch origin $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME:$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME

.mr-get-target-commit:

  &mr-get-target-commit # compare to last target branch commit before pipeline was created

.mr-get-target-commit: &mr-get-target-commit # compare to last target branch commit before pipeline was created

  - target_commit=$(git log $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME -1 --oneline --before=${CI_PIPELINE_CREATED_AT} --format=%H)

.check-for-testvectors:

  &check-for-testvectors # check if the testvector files specified in scripts/config/ci_linux*.json are present

.check-for-testvectors: &check-for-testvectors # check if the testvector files specified in scripts/config/ci_linux*.json are present

  - python3 -m pytest ci/test_vectors_available.py

.merge-request-comparison-setup-codec:

  &merge-request-comparison-setup-codec ### build test binaries, initial clean for paranoia reasons

.disable-debugging-macro: &disable-debugging-macro

# automatically disable #DEBUGGING macro in options.h using /**/-comment

  - sed -i.bak -e "s/^[[:space:]]*\(#define[[:space:]]*DEBUGGING\)/\/\*\1\*\//g" lib_com/options.h

.merge-request-comparison-setup-codec: &merge-request-comparison-setup-codec 

  ### build test binaries, initial clean for paranoia reasons

  - *disable-debugging-macro

  - make clean

  - mkdir build

  - cd build

  ### checkout version to compare against

  - *mr-fetch-target-branch

  - *mr-get-target-commit

  - git checkout $target_commit

  ### build reference binaries

  - *disable-debugging-macro

  - cd build

  - cmake ..

  - make -j