Merge pull request #4212 from akohlmey/collected-small-changes #367

	# GitHub action to build LAMMPS on Windows with Visual C++
	name: "Native Windows Compilation and Unit Tests"

	on:
	push:
	branches:
	- develop
	pull_request:
	branches:
	- develop

	workflow_dispatch:

	jobs:
	build:
	name: Windows Compilation Test
	if: ${{ github.repository == 'lammps/lammps' }}
	runs-on: windows-latest

	steps:
	- name: Checkout repository
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	fetch-depth: 2

	- name: Select Python version
	uses: actions/setup-python@v5
	with:
	python-version: '3.11'

	- name: Building LAMMPS via CMake
	shell: bash
	run: \|
	python3 -m pip install numpy
	python3 -m pip install pyyaml
	nuget install MSMPIsdk
	nuget install MSMPIDIST
	cmake -C cmake/presets/windows.cmake \
	-D DOWNLOAD_POTENTIALS=off \
	-D PKG_PYTHON=on \
	-D WITH_PNG=off \
	-D WITH_JPEG=off \
	-S cmake -B build \
	-D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on \
	-D LAMMPS_EXCEPTIONS=on \
	-D ENABLE_TESTING=on
	cmake --build build --config Release --parallel 2

	- name: Run LAMMPS executable
	shell: bash
	run: \|
	./build/Release/lmp.exe -h
	./build/Release/lmp.exe -in bench/in.lj

	- name: Run Unit Tests
	working-directory: build
	shell: bash
	run: ctest -V -C Release -E FixTimestep:python_move_nve

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