diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..33bde8ad15c721c3e779238cf38beb9419ee77b2 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_subdirectory(hello)
diff --git a/examples/hello/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..de6811d5f2eda4d16f17411e02dbb874cc7d0d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+add_subdirectory(bpWriter)
+add_subdirectory(timeBP)
+
+if(ADIOS_USE_ADIOS1)
+  add_subdirectory(adios1Writer)
+endif()
+
+if(ADIOS_USE_DataMan)
+  add_subdirectory(dataman)
+endif()
diff --git a/examples/hello/bpWriter/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello/bpWriter/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..801a8a1cad77d7e0205c0a01cb208f8dd2da011d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello/bpWriter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+add_executable(hello_bpWriter helloBPWriter.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(hello_bpWriter adios2)
+
+add_executable(hello_bpWriter_nompi helloBPWriter_nompi.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(hello_bpWriter_nompi adios2)
diff --git a/examples/hello/timeBP/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello/timeBP/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db8991a5c479e1233df405a55b2e9c2e2befebe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello/timeBP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+add_executable(hello_timeBPWriter timeBPWriter.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(hello_timeBPWriter adios2)
+
+add_executable(hello_timeBPWriter_nompi timeBPWriter_nompi.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(hello_timeBPWriter_nompi adios2)
diff --git a/scripts/travis/run-format.sh b/scripts/travis/run-format.sh
index 7ba5997382c3a5f7c4cf33019211dde34b9f1f8f..51ba5e565e234f2af09a9ce1cecdbf1bf942801f 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/run-format.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/run-format.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ fi
 cd ${SOURCE_DIR}
 
 # Check C and C++ code with clang-format
+echo "Checking formatting for commit range: ${COMMIT_RANGE}"
 DIFF="$(./scripts/developer/git/git-clang-format --diff ${COMMIT_RANGE})"
 if [ "${DIFF}" != "no modified files to format" ]
 then