Add option to strictly track MFiles

Author: timothy-nunn

tracking/run_tracking_inputs.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def tracking(arguments):
             message=arguments.commit,
             hashid=arguments.hash,
             tracking_variables_file=arguments.tracking_variables_file,
+            strict=arguments.strict,
         )
 
         copied_mfile = shutil.copy(mfile_path, Path(arguments.db) / mfile_path.name)
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ def tracking(arguments):
         help="A JSON file containing a list of variables to track."
         "See the description of DEFAULT_TRACKING_VARIABLES for details on formatting the strings in the list.",
     )
+    subparser_trk.add_argument("--strict", action="store_true", default=False)
 
     arguments = parser.parse_args()
 

tracking/tracking_data.py

@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ def __init__(
         message: str | None = None,
         hashid: str | None = None,
         tracking_variables_file: pathlib.Path | None = None,
+        strict: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         """Drive the creation of tracking JSON files.
 
@@ -178,6 +179,10 @@ def __init__(
         :type database: str
         """
         self.mfile = mf.MFile(mfile)
+
+        if strict and (ifail := self.mfile.data["ifail"].get_scan(-1) != 1):
+            raise RuntimeError(f"{ifail = } indicates PROCESS has failed to converge.")
+
         self.tracking_file = TrackingFile()
 
         if tracking_variables_file is None: