Feat big renaming

.github/actions/install_lhapdf_pdfset/action.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Install LHAPDF PDF set
 description: >
   Make an LHAPDF PDF grid available to the mg7 (madspace) runtime and export
   LHAPDF_DATA_PATH so it is found. The mg7 runtime reads the grid file directly
-  (mg7/madevent.py: ms.PdfGrid on $LHAPDF_DATA_PATH/<set>/<set>_0000.dat), so it
+  (mg7/launch.py: ms.PdfGrid on $LHAPDF_DATA_PATH/<set>/<set>_0000.dat), so it
   only needs the grid data -- not the LHAPDF C++ library and not a pre-baked
   HEPTools cache. The set is installed with the lhapdf-management pip package
   into a cached, writable directory, so the download happens at most once.
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ inputs:
   pdfset:
     description: Name of the LHAPDF set to install
     required: false
+    # NNPDF23_lo_as_0130_qed on purpose: this action's only consumer is
+    # check_xsec_processes_mg7.yml, whose ~40 reference cross-sections are
+    # pinned to that set (_REFERENCE_PDF, written into every run_card.toml).
+    # It is deliberately NOT the mg7 run_card default, which is now
+    # NNPDF40MC_lo_as_01180 and comes from the heptools cache.
     default: NNPDF23_lo_as_0130_qed
 
 runs:

.github/actions/restore_heptools_lhapdf/action.yml

@@ -38,4 +38,23 @@ runs:
       if: ${{ env.CACHE_KEY  == 'lhapdf-ubuntu24' }}
       run: |
         echo "PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/runner/.cache/HEPtools/lhapdf6_py3/lib/python3.12/dist-packages" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      shell: bash 
+      shell: bash
+
+    # The mg7 run_card.toml default PDF (NNPDF40MC_lo_as_01180). warm_cache.yml
+    # bakes it into the lhapdf cache, but that cache is only rebuilt when
+    # warm_cache runs with a reset, so a branch that changes the default would
+    # otherwise face a cache that predates it: the mg7 tests guard on the set
+    # being present and would all self-skip (test_manager.py counts a skip as a
+    # failure). Fetching it here costs ~0.7 MB and is a no-op once the cache
+    # carries it. Non-fatal on failure: the tests skip as they did before.
+    - name: ensure the mg7 default PDF set is present
+      run: |
+        DATADIR=/home/runner/.cache/HEPtools/lhapdf6_py3/share/LHAPDF
+        SET=NNPDF40MC_lo_as_01180
+        if [ -d "$DATADIR" ] && [ ! -d "$DATADIR/$SET" ]; then
+          ( cd "$DATADIR" \
+            && wget -q https://lhapdfsets.web.cern.ch/current/$SET.tar.gz \
+            && tar -xzpf $SET.tar.gz \
+            && rm -f $SET.tar.gz ) || echo "::warning::could not fetch $SET"
+        fi
+      shell: bash

.github/workflows/acceptancetest.yml

@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
             ./tests/test_manager.py test_standalone_cpp_output_consistency -pA -t0 -l INFO
-            ./tests/test_manager.py test_standalone_mg7_vs_cpp -pA -t0 -l INFO
+            ./tests/test_manager.py test_madmatrix_vs_fortran -pA -t0 -l INFO
 
 
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ jobs:
 #            cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
 #            echo "install lhapdf6" > cmd
 #            echo "install pythia8" >> cmd
-#            ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+#            ./bin/madgraph cmd
 #
 #      # Runs a set of commands using the runners shell
 
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
             echo "set acknowledged_v3.1_syntax True --global" > cmd
-            ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+            ./bin/madgraph cmd
             ./tests/test_manager.py test_amcatnlo_from_file -pA -t0 -l INFO
 
 

.github/workflows/acceptancetest_madevent.yml

@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ jobs:
             cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
             cp input/.mg5_configuration_default.txt input/mg5_configuration.txt
             echo "install RunningCoupling" > cmd
-            ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+            ./bin/madgraph cmd
             ./tests/test_manager.py test_eft_running -pA -t0 -l INFO
 
 
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ jobs:
   acceptancetest_mssm_gogo:
     # Fortran madevent supports MSSM p p > go go (merged-flavor squark/gluino
     # vertices); the mg7/madmatrix counterpart now also supports it and is
-    # checked per-flavor (test_standalone_mg7_mssm_gogo in acceptancetest_mg7.yml).
+    # checked per-flavor (test_madmatrix_mssm_gogo in acceptancetest_mg7.yml).
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true
     steps:

.github/workflows/acceptancetest_mg7.yml

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: test FD gauge madmatrix vs fortran
         run: |
             cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-            ./tests/test_manager.py test_standalone_mg7_fd_vs_fortran test_standalone_mg7_fd_simd_lanes -pA -t0 -l INFO
+            ./tests/test_manager.py test_madmatrix_fd_vs_fortran test_madmatrix_fd_simd_lanes -pA -t0 -l INFO
 
   acceptancetest_mg7_output_directory:
     needs: build_madspace
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ jobs:
   acceptancetest_mg7_madspin_mixed_flavor:
     needs: build_madspace
     # mg7 + MadSpin density-summary check driven through the madevent-style
-    # launch command interface. restore_heptools provides LHAPDF/NNPDF23 for the
-    # u u~ > z g generation.
+    # launch command interface. restore_heptools provides LHAPDF and the mg7
+    # default PDF set for the u u~ > z g generation.
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true
     steps:
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
   acceptancetest_mg7_group_subprocess:
     needs: build_madspace
     # mg7 cross-section run (u u > u u). madspace is installed by checkout_mg5;
-    # LHAPDF (incl. NNPDF23_lo_as_0130_qed) comes from the heptools cache.
+    # LHAPDF (incl. NNPDF40MC_lo_as_01180) comes from the heptools cache.
     # The test self-skips if that stack is unavailable.
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true
@@ -307,8 +307,9 @@ jobs:
 
   acceptancetest_mg7_mssm_gogo:
     # mg7/madmatrix now generates the MSSM merged-flavor squark/gluino vertices
-    # (single-merged-leg / event-by-event flavored couplings); standalone_mg7
-    # reproduces the Fortran standalone per-flavor |M|^2 (~1e-4). This is a
+    # (single-merged-leg / event-by-event flavored couplings); `output
+    # standalone` reproduces the standalone_fortran per-flavor |M|^2 (~1e-4).
+    # This is a
     # matrix-element (standalone) check only -- full mg7 event generation for
     # merged-flavor processes is not wired up yet (see test_madevent_merged_
     # flavor_uq_mg7). The madevent counterpart is test_madevent_mssm_gogo in
@@ -320,15 +321,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ./.github/actions/checkout_mg5
       - uses: ./.github/actions/restore-pip-cache
-      - name: test one of the test test_standalone_mg7_mssm_gogo
+      - name: test one of the test test_madmatrix_mssm_gogo
         run: |
             cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-            ./tests/test_manager.py test_standalone_mg7_mssm_gogo -pA -t0 -l INFO
+            ./tests/test_manager.py test_madmatrix_mssm_gogo -pA -t0 -l INFO
 
   acceptancetest_mg7_mssm_gogo_xsec:
     # Pins the mg7 (madspace) cross-section for MSSM p p > go go to the madevent
     # reference (5.024 pb, run_01 of test_generation_from_file_1), on top of the
-    # per-flavor |M|^2 check in test_standalone_mg7_mssm_gogo. This job used to
+    # per-flavor |M|^2 check in test_madmatrix_mssm_gogo. This job used to
     # be red at random rather than for a physics reason: the 1% assertion sat
     # below the ~1.1% statistical error of a 2000-event run, so it failed on
     # roughly 40% of runs. _run_mg7_xsec now runs 50000 events (error ~0.08%).

.github/workflows/aloha.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
             echo "import model MSSM_SLHA2" > cmd
-            ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+            ./bin/madgraph cmd
             ./tests/test_manager.py -pP -t0 test_aloha.* -e test_short_mssm_subset_creation
 
   test_excluded:

.github/workflows/warm_cache.yml

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
          mkdir -p /home/runner/.cache/UFOMODEL
          echo "PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$HOME/.cache/UFOMODEL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "import model 2HDM" >> cmd
-         ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+         ./bin/madgraph cmd
 
      - name: move UFO model to cache
        if: steps.cache-ufo.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
                echo "heptools_install_dir=/home/runner/.cache/HEPtools" >> input/mg5_configuration.txt
                cp Template/LO/Source/.make_opts Template/LO/Source/make_opts
                echo "install lhapdf6" > cmd
-               ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+               ./bin/madgraph cmd
 
        - name: get pdf set for NLO
          if: steps.cache-lhapdf.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ jobs:
                wget https://lhapdfsets.web.cern.ch/lhapdfsets/current/cteq6l1.tar.gz
                tar -xzpvf cteq6l1.tar.gz
                # LO set used by the mg7 run_card.toml default (madspace integration)
+               wget https://lhapdfsets.web.cern.ch/current/NNPDF40MC_lo_as_01180.tar.gz
+               tar -xzpvf NNPDF40MC_lo_as_01180.tar.gz
+               # previous mg7 default; still pinned by the mg7 cross-section
+               # reference tests (tests/acceptance_tests/test_check_xsec_processes_mg7.py)
                wget https://lhapdfsets.web.cern.ch/current/NNPDF23_lo_as_0130_qed.tar.gz
                tar -xzpvf NNPDF23_lo_as_0130_qed.tar.gz
 
@@ -201,12 +205,12 @@ jobs:
                echo "heptools_install_dir=/home/runner/.cache/HEPtools" >> input/mg5_configuration.txt
                cp Template/LO/Source/.make_opts Template/LO/Source/make_opts
                echo "install pythia8" > cmd
-               ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+               ./bin/madgraph cmd
 
        - name: Verify pythia8 landed in the cache
          if: steps.cache-pythia8.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
          run: |
-               # mg5_aMC exits 0 even when "install pythia8" fails (e.g. a network
+               # madgraph exits 0 even when "install pythia8" fails (e.g. a network
                # timeout while downloading hepmc/pythia8 from the download server),
                # so guard the cache here. Without Pythia.h, MG5 nullifies
                # pythia8_path at startup, leaving the parton shower unavailable and
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ jobs:
                echo "heptools_install_dir=/home/runner/.cache/HEPtools" >> input/mg5_configuration.txt
                cp Template/LO/Source/.make_opts Template/LO/Source/make_opts
                echo "install eMELA" > cmd
-               ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+               ./bin/madgraph cmd
 
 #  delete_lhapdf_cache:
 #     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -309,7 +313,7 @@ jobs:
                # YODA's python extension build needs Cython (no longer shipped by
                # default on the GitHub runner image); without it rivet aborts at
                # YODA, before FastJet is installed, leaving NLO builds broken.
-               # Install into the same interpreter mg5_aMC/YODA use (no sudo, so
+               # Install into the same interpreter madgraph/YODA use (no sudo, so
                # the system Python is left untouched for other steps).
                python3 -m pip install Cython
                mkdir -p /home/runner/.cache/HEPtools
@@ -318,12 +322,12 @@ jobs:
                cp Template/LO/Source/.make_opts Template/LO/Source/make_opts
                echo "install rivet" > cmd
                echo "install contur" >> cmd
-               ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+               ./bin/madgraph cmd
 
        - name: Verify rivet/fastjet landed in the cache
          if: steps.cache-contur.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
          run: |
-               # mg5_aMC exits 0 even when "install rivet" fails, so guard the
+               # madgraph exits 0 even when "install rivet" fails, so guard the
                # cache here: a missing fastjet-config means NLO subprocesses cannot
                # compile (fastjet/ClusterSequence.hh). Fail loudly instead of
                # saving an incomplete heptools cache.
@@ -385,7 +389,7 @@ jobs:
              cp Template/LO/Source/.make_opts Template/LO/Source/make_opts
              echo "install collier " > cmd
              echo "install ninja " >> cmd
-             ./bin/mg5_aMC cmd
+             ./bin/madgraph cmd
 
   heptools_cache:
     if: always() && (github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'test_ci' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'schedule')

INSTALL

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Dependencies :
 
  * MadGraph5_aMC@NLO *
 
-- Python 3.7 (or higher)
+- Python 3.12 (or higher)
 
  * MadEvent *
 Package for the LO cross-section computation and generation of events 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ On Windows:
 
 In order to run MG5 you need to
 1) add the Python directory to the PATH
-2) run $> python ./bin/mg5_aMC
+2) run $> python ./bin/madgraph
 
 Note that most of the output (including madevent/aMCatNLO)
 are not compatible with Windows. We do recomend to use unix subsystem.

MadSpin/decay.py

@@ -5127,7 +5127,7 @@ def generate_all_matrix_element(self):
         # remove decay with 0 branching ratio.
         #mgcmd.remove_pointless_decay(self.banner.param_card)
         #
-        commandline = 'output standalone %s --prefix=int' % pjoin(path_me, ms_me_subdir)
+        commandline = 'output standalone_fortran %s --prefix=int' % pjoin(path_me, ms_me_subdir)
         logger.info(commandline)
         mgcmd.exec_cmd(commandline, precmd=True)
         logger.info('Done %.4g' % (time.time()-start))

MadSpin/madspin

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ and call immediately the command line interface scripts"""
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-    sys.exit('MadSpin works only with python 3.7 (or later).\n\
+if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+    sys.exit('MadSpin works only with python 3.12 (or later).\n\
                Please upgrade your version of python.')
 
 import os

Template/LO/Cards/proc_card_mg5.dat

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #*                                                          *
 #*               Command File for MadGraph5_aMC@NLO         *
 #*                                                          *
-#*     run as ./bin/mg5_aMC  filename                       *
+#*     run as ./bin/madgraph  filename                      *
 #*                                                          *
 #************************************************************
 import model sm

Template/LO/bin/generate_events

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import time
 root_path = os.path.split(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath( __file__ )))[0]
 pjoin = os.path.join
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-    sys.exit('MadEvent works with python 3.7 or higher.\n\
+if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+    sys.exit('MadEvent works with python 3.12 or higher.\n\
                Please upgrade your version of python.')
 
 try:

Template/LO/bin/internal/Gridpack/gridrun

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ and call immediately the command line interface scripts"""
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-    sys.exit('MadGraph/MadEvent 5 works only with python 3.7 or later.\n\
+if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+    sys.exit('MadGraph/MadEvent 5 works only with python 3.12 or later.\n\
                Please upgrate your version of python.')
 
 try:

Template/LO/bin/madevent

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 and call immediately the command line interface scripts"""
 
 import sys
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-    sys.exit('MadGraph/MadEvent 5 works only with python 3.7 or later.\n\
+if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+    sys.exit('MadGraph/MadEvent 5 works only with python 3.12 or later.\n\
                Please upgrate your version of python.')
 
 try: