Missing jhep files

[PeterDenton]

The arXiv includes certain style files in their compilation beyond TeX Live. For example, they include the jhep files (jheppub.sty and JHEP.bst found here: https://jhep.sissa.it/jhep/help/JHEP_TeXclass.jsp) and many authors do not include them. This makes comparxiv fail. Also, I tried including them in the directory where I run comparxiv, but it seems to download and compile the files in a temporary directory that is deleted upon completion.

Suggestions: 1) incorporate some kind of include option: "--include file1 file2" that allows one to manually add a few extra files to the compilation. 2) just include the jhep files (and others?) in the directory

[PeterDenton]

Addendum: revtex4-2.cls is missing as well.

[temken]

That would be a great improvement! I think I like your suggestion 2 most.
Do you have example papers (in terms of their arxiv ID) where this is the case?

(I should mention that I am on part time parental leave until the end of the year, I don't know how fast I can prioritize this.)

[PeterDenton]

This is the one I noticed is missing JHEP style files: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11472. The one I thought had a revtex4-2 problem seems to not have a problem anymore. Actually I think the problem with that one was that I ran comparxiv on a box I don't update as much and probably didn't have it installed locally so that one's on me. The JHEP issue is a problem, mainly since arXiv includes those files automatically so authors don't realize that they need to include them themselves.

No worries about the prioritization!