The testprogs_data directory must be filled by reference data. These data are generated according to the description provided in the Offline documentation. The check_commit_testprogs.sh script will run offline simulations in the directory given by the environment variable TESTPROGSDIR ($HOME/TESTPROGS will be used if the variable is not set). This directory must exist. The goal of the script is to compare outputs between two simulations (to check if bit-reproducibilty is achieved or not). A reference simulation must be performed and save. This reference simulation is run the same way as the test experiment but cannot be compared to something else: check_commit_testprogs.sh -c -r <reference_commit> If this reference simulation must become the 'absolute' reference (used when invoking the check_commit_testprogs.sh script with the 'REF' argument), the reference simulation directory (under $TESTPROGSDIR) must be renamed 'ref'.