CI: add examples test

.github/workflows/test_unit_tests.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    container: ardupilot/ardupilot-dev-${{ matrix.toolchain }}:latest
+    container:
+      image: ardupilot/ardupilot-dev-${{ matrix.toolchain }}:latest
+      options: --user 1001
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false  # don't cancel if a job from the matrix fails
       matrix:
@@ -18,7 +20,8 @@ jobs:
         ]
         config: [
             unit-tests,
-            python-cleanliness
+            python-cleanliness,
+            examples,
         ]
     steps:
       # git checkout the PR

Tools/scripts/build_ci.sh

@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ function run_autotest() {
     if [ "x$CI_BUILD_DEBUG" != "x" ]; then
         w="$w --debug"
     fi
+    if [ $NAME == "Examples" ]; then
+        w="$w --speedup=5 --timeout=14400 --debug --no-clean"
+    fi
     Tools/autotest/autotest.py --show-test-timings --waf-configure-args="$w" "$BVEHICLE" "$RVEHICLE"
     ccache -s && ccache -z
 }
@@ -159,6 +162,13 @@ for t in $CI_BUILD_TARGET; do
         continue
     fi
 
+    if [ "$t" == "examples" ]; then
+        ./waf configure --board=linux --debug
+        ./waf examples
+        run_autotest "Examples" "--no-clean" "run.examples"
+        continue
+    fi
+
     if [ "$t" == "revo-bootloader" ]; then
         echo "Building revo bootloader"
         $waf configure --board revo-mini --bootloader