Timings get auto-comitted

.gitea/workflows/Merge-Checker.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: ["**"]
 
+  push:
+    branches: ["**"]
+    # Avoid triggering on timing results auto-commits
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'unit-tests/timing-results/**'
+
 jobs:
   build_and_test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -11,11 +17,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Install dependencies (CMake + Ninja + build tools)
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y cmake ninja-build build-essential time
+          sudo apt-get install -y cmake ninja-build build-essential time git
 
       - name: Configure project with CMake
         run: cmake -G Ninja -S . -B build/
@@ -34,13 +43,21 @@ jobs:
             fi
           done
 
-      - name: Run matrix-timing-tests with per-test timing output
+      - name: Run matrix-timing-tests with per-test timing output and save results
         run: |
+          mkdir -p unit-tests/timing-results
           if [ -x build/unit-tests/matrix-timing-tests ]; then
             echo "Running matrix-timing-tests with timing"
-            # Enable Catch2 timing output via command-line flag -d yes
+            /usr/bin/time -v build/unit-tests/matrix-timing-tests -d yes &> unit-tests/timing-results/matrix-timing-tests.txt
-            # Wrap with /usr/bin/time for overall runtime measurement and resource usage
-            /usr/bin/time -v build/unit-tests/matrix-timing-tests -d yes
           else
             echo "matrix-timing-tests executable not found or not executable"
+            exit 1
           fi
+
+      - name: Commit and push timing results
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add unit-tests/timing-results/matrix-timing-tests.txt
+          git diff --quiet --cached || git commit -m "Update matrix-timing-tests timings [skip ci]"
+          git push