Add debug mode configuration to CI

.github/workflows/ci-github-actions.yaml

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         jobname:
           [
+            GCC9-NoMPI-Debug-Real,
             GCC9-MPI-Gcov-Real,
             GCC9-MPI-Gcov-Complex,
             GCC11-NoMPI-Werror-Real,
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ jobs:
             Clang12-NoMPI-Offload-Real,
           ]
         include:
+          - jobname: GCC9-NoMPI-Debug-Real
+            container:
+              image: williamfgc/qmcpack-ci:ubuntu20-openmpi
+              options: -u 1001
+
           - jobname: GCC9-MPI-Gcov-Real
             container:
               image: williamfgc/qmcpack-ci:ubuntu20-openmpi

tests/test_automation/github-actions/ci/run_step.sh

@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ case "$1" in
     esac
     
     case "${GH_JOBNAME}" in
+      *"GCC9-NoMPI-Debug-"*)
+        echo 'Configure for debug mode to capture asserts with gcc'
+        cmake -GNinja \
+              -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc \
+              -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ \
+              -DQMC_MPI=0 \
+              -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
+              ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+      ;;
       *"GCC9-MPI-Gcov-"*)
         echo 'Configure for code coverage with gcc and gcovr -DENABLE_GCOV=TRUE and upload reports to Codecov'
         cmake -GNinja \