(3.15.1.) Design and implement a Netsukefile linter inspired by mbake (#592)

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Summary

Adds netsuke check, a semantic linter for Netsukefiles, and the design record
behind it. Closes #592.

The linter ships behind an off-by-default lint Cargo feature, so it can merge
now while the v0.1.0 release binaries, which build the default feature set,
ship without it. It targets v0.2.0, when the gate is planned to come out. See
"Release gating" below.

The linter analyses Netsuke's own compiler artefacts rather than the YAML text.
That is what lets a rule tell an order-only directory dependency from a content
dependency, recognize that a literal path in a recipe is another target's
output, and know that $$PATH used to be the correct workaround and no longer
is. A standalone YAML style checker can do none of those.

What ships

A rule model bound to explicit compiler stages. Rules bind to one of four:
the authored source with exact spans, the expanded and rendered manifest, the
lowered BuildGraph, or the suppression directives themselves. A rule binds to
the earliest stage that can decide its question, because earlier stages have
better provenance.

Twenty-four rules across nine categories. Each was chosen from evidence
rather than from a parity list. The caching, clarity, redundancy, and
determinism rules reproduce defects present in this repository's own example
manifests — examples/writing.yml depends on a directory through deps,
examples/hello-world/Netsukefile spells its declared paths out again instead
of using {{ ins }} and {{ outs }}. The migration rules police the escaping
boundary ADR-014 moved, where the former $$PATH workaround now reaches the
shell as a process identifier. Two rules that encode a project convention
rather than a defect default to off.

Source spans, despite the manifest having none. The typed manifest retains
no source positions: YAML is parsed into a serde_json::Value, foreach
expansion rewrites it, and deserialization discards everything but the values.
The linter therefore reads the same bytes a second time through the YAML event
stream to build a span index. That is a position index over the source, not a
second opinion about its meaning — a source that fails to index here has
already failed to parse for the compiler. Stages 2 and 3 resolve spans
best-effort and abstain rather than guess, because a wrong span sends a reader
to the wrong line and, since suppression is span-scoped, would let a directive
on one target silence a finding about another.

Suppression that documents itself. A directive names the rules it silences
and must state a reason; there is no blanket disable. Three rules keep
directives honest: one names an unknown rule, one omits its reason, one
suppressed nothing.

Decisions worth reviewing

ADR-042 records four
that outlive the code:

• netsuke check, not netsuke lint. check is already in the canonical
  vocabulary as roadmap task 3.15.1's unbuilt work. A lint noun would be a
  synonym for a reserved one, which is the inconsistency ADR-003 exists to
  prevent.
• Findings are data, not a failure mode. --fail-on selects which JSON
  branch carries them. Below the threshold the command succeeds and writes a
  result document whose findings array holds every finding; at or above it
  the command fails and writes a diagnostic document whose related array
  holds the same findings, in the same per-finding shape. The envelope
  invariant is unchanged and a consumer parses one representation.
• Stable kebab-case names, category as separate metadata. Recategorizing a
  rule must not invalidate a configuration file or a suppression comment.
• Rule text stays in the registry, not the 35 Fluent catalogues. The
  registry is the source of truth for the rule reference, which a contract test
  checks in both directions; splitting the same prose across the catalogues
  would let the emitted text and the documentation drift with nothing able to
  notice. The command's framing text is localized as usual. The ADR records the
  reversal path, which is additive.

Testing

Every rule has a positive, a negative, and a suppression case, plus the
near-miss cases that separate a rule from a false positive: make must not
match inside makeinfo, an && inside a shell quote is text, a bare $$ is
the shell's process identifier.

Engine-level tests cover what no single rule owns — deterministic ordering
across the graph's hash-map iteration, the engine rather than the rule stamping
severity, suppression being counted rather than hidden. Two property tests
cover the pair easiest to get subtly wrong: raising a rule's severity must not
change which rules report, and a directive must silence only the rules it
names. End-to-end tests through the built binary cover the exit code and the
stdout/stderr split, including that both JSON branches carry a byte-identical
finding object.

The repository's own example manifests are linted by a test, so the rules are
pinned against real input rather than fixtures written to satisfy them.

Defects found while building this

• A rule scanned the raw YAML scalar including its quotes, so the whole recipe
  read as shell-quoted and the rule never fired.
• Suppression required a finding's whole span to sit inside the directive's
  block, which an over-wide collection end could escape.
• undeclared-target-input matched phony outputs, so an action named install
  made any recipe running install -m look like it consumed one.
• The Persian check.summary.truncated message opened with an interpolation,
  leaving its paragraph direction to that character.

Release gating

Everything behind netsuke check compiles only with the lint feature:
crate::lint, the optional granit-parser dependency, the check subcommand
and its configuration, its runner, error variants, and telemetry. Without the
feature, check is an unknown subcommand and is absent from --help, the man
page, and the shell completions, because build.rs compiles the CLI definition
with the package's features. The Fluent keys stay ungated on purpose: the
localization audit is bidirectional across all 35 catalogues.

CI now checks both feature sets:

• The existing lanes keep --all-features, unchanged.
• A new default-features lane (ci-default-features.yml, called from
  ci.yml) runs make lint-default-features and make test-default-features:
  rustdoc, Clippy, nextest, and doctests on exactly the release feature set.
• The Windows lint job runs the default-feature Clippy step too.
• tests/check_command_absent_tests.rs compiles only without the feature and
  asserts check is absent, so "not in the release build" is a tested
  property.

ADR-042's "Release gating" section records the decision and the rejected
alternatives, and roadmap task 31.4.4 lists what removing the gate involves.

Rebased onto main

main moved a long way under this branch, and several conflicts needed more
than a textual merge:

• serde-saphyr 1.2 parses through granit-parser, not saphyr-parser, so
  the span index now uses granit-parser 1.3 too; the linter and the compiler
  still read one YAML grammar.
• BuildGraph stores each multi-output edge once and hides its output index;
  the graph rules resolve outputs through target_for_output.
• Manifest loading gained configurable resource ceilings; netsuke check
  applies them, so a manifest too large to build is too large to lint.
• main split merge.rs and cli_l10n.rs its own way; this branch adopts
  those splits instead of its earlier ones.
• The decision record is ADR-042 and the roadmap phase is 31; every lower
  number is taken or reserved on some branch.

This is a prototype

The rule set was chosen from the evidence available before anyone had used it,
so its membership and its default severities are proposals rather than
contracts. Roadmap phase 31 owns the feedback loop that
settles them: dispositioning every rule against manifests its authors did not
write, localizing rule prose, giving expanded findings source spans, and only
then freezing the JSON documents, exit classes, and rule-name guarantees. The
design document is marked living and is expected to change under that phase.

Rule identifiers are the one exception. A name, a category, a severity, and a
code are values a user types into a configuration file or a suppression comment
and a machine matches exactly, so they are permanent from v0.2.0 and are never
localized. The prose is a separate question and is localized under step 31.2.

Markdown formatting

This branch was developed against chore/enforce-markdown-table-formatting,
which has since merged into main as #619, so the PR now targets main
directly. The linter's documents are written in the canonical mdtablefix form
that change introduces, and the rule-reference contract test compares the
catalogue table by its cells rather than its rendered rows so the formatter can
own the padding.

Gates

Both feature sets pass every gate locally on this head:

Gate	All features	Default features
check-fmt, typecheck, markdownlint, nixie	pass	n/a
Clippy and rustdoc, -D warnings	pass (make lint, with Whitaker)	pass (make lint-default-features)
Tests and doctests	3,848 passed (make test)	3,489 passed (make test-default-features)
Workflow contracts	1,011 passed	n/a
Doc coverage	98.83%	n/a

References

• Issue: #592
• Design: docs/netsuke-linter-design.md
• Decision record: ADR-042
• Rule reference: docs/netsuke-linter-rules.md
• Lody session: https://lody.ai/leynos/sessions/e63e21fa-9404-4215-af4e-b4376462f5b3

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Summary

• Add netsuke check, a semantic Netsukefile linter that analyses source, expanded manifests and build graphs. It provides 24 rules across nine categories, source-aware findings, severity policies, reasoned suppressions, and bounded human-readable or JSON output.
• Gate check behind the default-off lint Cargo feature. Add CLI configuration, localisation, telemetry, and CI coverage for default-feature and all-feature builds.
• Document the design, rule catalogue, CLI behaviour and v0.2.0 migration in the linter design, rule reference, ADR-042, and migration guide. Issue #592 proposed a v0.4.0 target; this PR documents a v0.2.0 target.

Validation

The PR objectives report 3,848 all-feature tests and 3,489 default-feature tests passing. The supplied change summary does not independently confirm these results.

Walkthrough

Added a default-off lint feature with the netsuke check command. The command analyses manifests with 24 semantic rules, severity policies and reasoned suppressions, then reports findings as text or JSON. Added translations, documentation, tests and default-feature CI coverage.

Changes

Netsuke check linter

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Source-aware lint model and analysis src/lint/*	Added source-spanned YAML indexing, provenance resolution, policy and severity handling, rule execution, suppressions, findings and bounded reports.
Semantic rules and validation src/lint/rules/*, docs/netsuke-linter-rules.md, tests/lint_rule_reference_tests.rs	Added 24 rules across nine categories. Added rule tests and checks that the reference matches registered metadata.
Check command and output src/cli/*, src/runner/check*, src/runner/dispatch.rs, src/manifest/query.rs, tests/check_command*	Added feature-gated CLI configuration, manifest analysis, explanations, text and JSON output, diagnostics and telemetry.
Feature gate, documentation and localisation Cargo.toml, locales/*/messages.ftl, docs/*, README.md, CHANGELOG.md	Added the optional lint feature, translated command messages, and documented the command, rule catalogue, design and migration guidance.
Default-feature CI and API checks .github/workflows/*, Makefile, tests/workflow_contracts/*, tests/ui/lint_public_api_pass.rs	Added default-feature test and lint targets, workflow coverage and a compile-pass check for the public lint API.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant CheckRunner
  participant ManifestQuery
  participant LintAnalysis
  participant OutputRenderer
  CLI->>CheckRunner: dispatch check arguments
  CheckRunner->>ManifestQuery: load manifest and source
  ManifestQuery-->>CheckRunner: return manifest and source
  CheckRunner->>LintAnalysis: analyse document, manifest and graph
  LintAnalysis-->>CheckRunner: return findings and suppressions
  CheckRunner->>OutputRenderer: render text or JSON report

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❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	Keep the linter implementation, its tests, documentation, feature gates, telemetry, localisation, and CI coverage as connected support. Remove the unrelated relabelling and rewrapping of existing entr…	Revert the unrelated docs/contents.md label and wrapping changes. Retain only the new linter design, rule-reference, ADR-042, and v0.2.0 migration-guide links required by this PR.
Testing (Property / Proof)	⚠️ Warning	The pull request introduces src/lint/rules/shellscan.rs, a stateful scanner with quote, escape, comment, and Jinja transitions. Its contract covers many input sequences, but `src/lint/rules/shellsca…	Add a substantive proptest suite in src/lint/rules/shellscan_tests.rs. Generate shell fragments from ordinary characters, quotes, escapes, comments, Jinja delimiters, separators, whitespace, and multi-byte text. Assert implementation-in…

✅ Passed checks (13 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the Netsukefile linter implementation and includes the required roadmap item (3.15.1.) and issue reference (#592).
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly documents the netsuke check linter, its design, feature gating, rules, tests, release plan, and linked issue. It is clearly related to the changeset.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Treat #592 as satisfied. The PR adds the documented four-stage rule model, permanent kebab-case identifiers, source-span recovery, deterministic severity policy, bounded human and JSON output, reasone…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 90.92% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 683 functions across 111 files. (25 skipped…
Testing (Overall)	✅ Passed	Pass. Accept the testing coverage. The PR adds substantive tests for all 24 registered rules, with positive, negative, suppression, severity, span, and semantic cases. Engine, policy, document indexin…
User-Facing Documentation	✅ Passed	The pull request adds a clear netsuke check section to docs/users-guide.md. It documents feature-gated availability, installation, read-only behaviour, rule discovery, severity and policy controls…
Developer Documentation	✅ Passed	Pass. The pull request documents the new linter APIs and boundaries in docs/developers-guide.md, including rule stages, pipeline types, policy resolution, reports, suppression counts, runner adapter…
Module-Level Documentation	✅ Passed	Passes the module-level documentation check. The PR adds inner Rust module documentation to every new module, including the lint core, rule groups, runner adapters, test modules, and integration fixtu…
Testing (Unit And Behavioural)	✅ Passed	Pass. The PR adds meaningful unit, property, and edge-case tests for the linter document model, policy, engine, report bounds, suppressions, scanner, provenance, and all 24 registered rules. Tests cov…
Testing (Compile-Time / Ui)	✅ Passed	The PR adds a compile-time equivalent for the new Rust public API. tests/ui/lint_public_api_pass.rs is compiled through the existing direct-rustc harness, and lint_public_api_fixture_compiles ru…
Unit Architecture	✅ Passed	PASS — Keep the current separation. The check command routes before Ninja and recipe-shell resolution. Its manifest query uses one capability-scoped read, a restricted query stdlib, no expansion obser…
Domain Architecture	✅ Passed	Keep the current boundaries. The new src/lint core accepts a String source plus NetsukeManifest and BuildGraph, resolves policy, runs rules, and returns neutral Finding, Outcome, and `Repo…
Observability	✅ Passed	Pass the observability check. The new netsuke check boundary records complete duration and a counter for success, threshold_failure, policy_failure, analysis_failure, and output_failure in…

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Explanation

Keep the linter implementation, its tests, documentation, feature gates, telemetry, localisation, and CI coverage as connected support. Remove the unrelated relabelling and rewrapping of existing entries in docs/contents.md, including Git change-detection, completed roadmap foundations, formal verification, unrelated RFCs, ADRs, migration guides, and testing references. Those edits do not document or validate #592.

Full details: Testing (Property / Proof)

Explanation

The pull request introduces src/lint/rules/shellscan.rs, a stateful scanner with quote, escape, comment, and Jinja transitions. Its contract covers many input sequences, but src/lint/rules/shellscan_tests.rs contains only fixed examples and rstest tables. The pull request adds property tests for engine, report, suppression, and background-job behaviour, but none for the shared shell scanner. A small table cannot audit the scanner's combined state transitions. This misses the stated property-testing requirement.

Resolution

Add a substantive proptest suite in src/lint/rules/shellscan_tests.rs. Generate shell fragments from ordinary characters, quotes, escapes, comments, Jinja delimiters, separators, whitespace, and multi-byte text. Assert implementation-independent invariants: every Match is a valid active range; find_words results satisfy word boundaries; segment offsets index their returned slices; and separators inside quotes, Jinja blocks, or comments never split segments. Use a small reference model for the active-mask or segment contract rather than duplicating the production scanner. Retain the existing table tests for named boundary examples.

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src/cli_l10n_keys.rs

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//! Routing from Clap identifiers to localization keys.

❌ New issue: String Heavy Function Arguments
In this module, 66.7% of all arguments to its 11 functions are strings. The threshold for string arguments is 39.0%

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src/cli_l10n_keys.rs

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pub(super) const fn subcommand_about_key(subcommand: Subcommand) -> &'static str {
    match subcommand {
        Subcommand::Build => keys::CLI_SUBCOMMAND_BUILD_ABOUT,
        Subcommand::Check => keys::CLI_SUBCOMMAND_CHECK_ABOUT,
        Subcommand::Clean => keys::CLI_SUBCOMMAND_CLEAN_ABOUT,
        Subcommand::Graph => keys::CLI_SUBCOMMAND_GRAPH_ABOUT,
        Subcommand::Generate => keys::CLI_SUBCOMMAND_GENERATE_ABOUT,
        Subcommand::Help => keys::CLI_SUBCOMMAND_HELP_ABOUT,
    }
}

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The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: subcommand_about_key,subcommand_long_about_key

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tests/documentation_examples_tests.rs

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fn check_configuration_example_is_accepted() -> Result<()> {
    let example = documented_example("guide-check-config")?;
    let workspace = manifest_workspace("guide-first-build-manifest")?;
    let config_path = workspace.path().join("check.toml");
    test_fs::write(&config_path, example.body).context("write documented check config")?;
    let config = config_path
        .to_str()
        .context("temporary config path should be UTF-8")?;
    let run = run_netsuke_in(
        workspace.path(),
        &["--config", config, "--json", "check", "--explain"],
    )?;
    assert_success(&run, "check configuration example")
}

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The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: check_configuration_example_is_accepted,project_configuration_example_is_accepted

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src/lint/scalar_span.rs

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//! Narrow a scanner-reported scalar span to the scalar's own text.

❌ New issue: String Heavy Function Arguments
In this module, 55.0% of all arguments to its 11 functions are strings. The threshold for string arguments is 39.0%

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src/lint/test_support.rs

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//! Shared helpers for the linter's unit tests.

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In this module, 91.7% of all arguments to its 8 functions are strings. The threshold for string arguments is 39.0%

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src/lint/rules/hygiene_tests.rs

Comment on lines +149 to +161

fn unused_rule_is_suppressed_by_a_directive() {
    let yaml = concat!(
        "netsuke_version: \"1.0.0\"\n",
        "rules:\n",
        "  # netsuke-lint: allow unused-rule -- referenced by a generated overlay\n",
        "  - name: spare\n",
        "    command: \"work {{ outs }}\"\n",
        "targets:\n",
        "  - name: out\n",
        "    command: \"touch {{ outs }}\"\n",
    );
    crate::assert_lint_silent!(yaml, "unused-rule");
}

❌ New issue: Code Duplication
The module contains 6 functions with similar structure: unused_macro_accepts_a_called_macro,unused_macro_is_suppressed_by_a_directive,unused_macro_reports_a_macro_nothing_calls,unused_rule_is_suppressed_by_a_directive and 2 more functions

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File: src/cli_l10n_keys.rs
Symbols: Subcommand::from_name, HelpTopicName::from_name, flag_help_key, top_level_flag_help_key, build_flag_help_key, check_flag_help_key, graph_flag_help_key, generate_flag_help_key

Suppress this diagnostic. It is accurate that eight of the module’s twelve parameters are &str, which produces the reported 66.7% ratio. These parameters are not domain strings. They are Clap argument and command identifiers received from the command tree. The functions use them only as lookup keys and return None for identifiers that do not have a localisation entry.

Do not replace these identifiers with a new enum. Subcommand already provides a typed representation where the module owns a closed set. Argument identifiers remain owned by Clap and can change as the command tree changes. An enum would duplicate Clap identifiers, add conversion code, and preserve the same string matching without a type-safety benefit.

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src/lint/rules/hygiene.rs

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    fn check(&self, doc: &Document, sink: &mut FindingSink<'_>) {
        let referenced = referenced_identifiers(doc);
        let Some(vars) = doc.section("vars").and_then(Node::as_mapping) else {
            return;
        };
        for entry in vars {
            let Some(name) = entry.key.as_str() else {
                continue;
            };
            if referenced.contains(name) {
                continue;
            }
            sink.at(
                entry.key.span,
                format!("global variable `{name}` is never referenced"),
            );
        }
    }

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The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: UnusedMacro.check,UnusedVar.check

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src/lint/rules/graph_tests.rs

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fn undeclared_target_input_reports_an_undeclared_producer() {
    let yaml = concat!(
        "netsuke_version: \"1.0.0\"\n",
        "targets:\n",
        "  - name: build/main.o\n",
        "    command: \"cc -c src/main.c -o {{ outs }}\"\n",
        "  - name: app\n",
        "    command: \"cc build/main.o -o {{ outs }}\"\n",
    );
    crate::assert_lint_fires!(yaml, "undeclared-target-input", 1);
}

❌ New issue: Code Duplication
The module contains 3 functions with similar structure: undeclared_target_input_ignores_very_short_output_names,undeclared_target_input_reports_an_undeclared_producer,unreachable_target_accepts_a_manifest_without_defaults

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src/lint/finding.rs

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    pub fn spanned(
        meta: &'static RuleMeta,
        severity: Severity,
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The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: Finding.detached,Finding.spanned

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Review comments at @docs/netsuke-linter-design.md:
- Around line 640-644: Update the developers’ guide to match the prototype
localization contract: describe a new rule as touching the registry table, one
category module, the rule reference, and tests, and remove requirements to
update localization catalogues or localize RuleMeta prose.

Review comments at @locales/gd/messages.ftl:
- Line 467: Update the `status.tool.check` value in the Gaelic locale to use the
noun `Sgrùdadh` instead of the imperative `Sgrùd`.

Review comments at @locales/pl/messages.ftl:
- Line 462: Update the `check.summary.truncated` messages to use Fluent number
variants so nouns and verbs agree when `$shown` is 1. In
`locales/pl/messages.ftl` at line 462, add number-sensitive forms for
`ustalenie`; in `locales/nl/messages.ftl` at line 457, add a singular form for
`bevinding`; in `locales/pt-BR/messages.ftl` at line 458, add a singular form
for `achado`; in `locales/pt-PT/messages.ftl` at line 458, add singular forms
for the verb and `achado`; and in `locales/ro/messages.ftl` at line 460, add a
singular form for `constatare`.

Review comments at @src/lint/rule.rs:
- Around line 319-337: Define the Category variants and Category::ALL from a
single macro list so they cannot diverge; retain the ordinal check to validate
ordering, and keep all_lists_every_variant verifying each category’s string
representation.

Review comments at @src/lint/rules/graph.rs:
- Around line 174-183: Update recipe_texts to resolve each Recipe::Rule name
through ctx.manifest.rules and collect the referenced rule’s Command or Script
text, recursively following nested Rule references. Track visited rule names to
stop cycles, while preserving the existing Command and Script handling for
actions.

Review comments at @tests/check_command_tests/policy.rs:
- Around line 167-194: Merge configuration_supplies_the_check_policy and
an_explicit_flag_outranks_the_configuration into one rstest-parameterized test
with cases for no extra arguments expecting failure and the explicit default
threshold arguments expecting success. Reuse
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Code Duplication

src/runner/generation.rs:

What lead to degradation?

The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: load_manifest_with_limits,load_manifest_with_source

Why does this problem occur?

Duplicated code often leads to code that's harder to change since the same logical change has to be done in multiple functions. More duplication gives lower code health.

How to fix it?

A certain degree of duplicated code might be acceptable. The problems start when it is the same behavior that is duplicated across the functions in the module, ie. a violation of the Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle. DRY violations lead to code that is changed together in predictable patterns, which is both expensive and risky. DRY violations can be identified using CodeScene's X-Ray analysis to detect clusters of change coupled functions with high code similarity. Read More
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Code Duplication

tests/check_command_tests/policy.rs:

What lead to degradation?

The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: an_explicit_flag_outranks_the_configuration,configuration_supplies_the_check_policy

Why does this problem occur?

Duplicated code often leads to code that's harder to change since the same logical change has to be done in multiple functions. More duplication gives lower code health.

How to fix it?

A certain degree of duplicated code might be acceptable. The problems start when it is the same behavior that is duplicated across the functions in the module, ie. a violation of the Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle. DRY violations lead to code that is changed together in predictable patterns, which is both expensive and risky. DRY violations can be identified using CodeScene's X-Ray analysis to detect clusters of change coupled functions with high code similarity. Read More
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@coderabbitai Responses to the failed pre-merge checks, row by row:

• Unit Architecture (monotonic clock): fixed in 1b27f90. instrument_check now takes &Clock where Clock: MonotonicClock + ?Sized, matching instrument_graph_generation. The clock is passed through execute_check and handle_check from both call sites: the runner's early check route uses the process StdMonotonicClock, and dispatch::execute uses context.graph_generation.clock. The telemetry test injects FixedMonotonicClock::with_elapsed(1.25 s) and asserts that the histogram records exactly that value, where before it only asserted that one sample existed.
• Developer Documentation (roadmap phase): fixed in e461390. The design document and ADR-042 now cite phase 31 and step 31.2, because phases 16–30 are reserved on main. The developers' guide's rule-addition steps now match the design document.
• Domain Architecture (serde and CLI parsing in Severity/FailOn): fixed in 2c3fcb7. The serde derives and rename_all attributes are gone; the command-line and configuration layers carry plain strings, so nothing needs them. parse_policy_severity and FromStr for FailOn stay because they are the domain's own vocabulary: they define which spellings are valid severities for rule selectors (lint::policy) and for the failure threshold (runner::check), whether the text came from a flag or from the configuration file. They are not CLI-parser integration, since clap sees only String.

The manifest-loader duplication is also resolved, in c7ec5f8: one private with_manifest_load_context helper now attaches the localized load-failure context for all three loaders.

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Enforce advisory code health rules (3 files with Code Duplication, Large Method, String Heavy Function Arguments)

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The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: load_manifest_with_limits,load_manifest_with_source

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@leynos Thanks for the clarification. Treat all four implementation findings as resolved based on source inspection at 566a383f7361d0ec9ead78402a4dc4a516c3fafe.

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Unit Architecture: monotonic clock	instrument_check accepts &Clock with Clock: MonotonicClock + ?Sized. Both dispatch paths pass the clock through execute_check and handle_check. The telemetry test injects FixedMonotonicClock and checks the exact 1.25-second histogram sample.
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Domain Architecture: severity types	Severity, DefaultSeverity, and FailOn have no serde derives or attributes. CheckArgs and CheckConfig carry strings. Keep parse_policy_severity and FromStr for FailOn: they parse the domain vocabulary, not Clap arguments. Withdraw the request to remove these parsers.
Manifest-loader duplication	All three loaders use the private with_manifest_load_context helper. The helper attaches localized path context without replacing the original error chain.

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Learning: In leynos/netsuke, src/lint/severity.rs::parse_policy_severity and the FromStr implementation for FailOn define the lint domain's accepted vocabulary. They are not Clap integration: src/cli/command.rs::CheckArgs and src/cli/config.rs::CheckConfig carry string values, which src/lint/policy.rs and src/runner/check.rs interpret. Keep domain vocabulary parsing separate from serde and CLI framework integration.

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- Around line 464-467: Update the check.summary.truncated selector to add Arabic
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Arabic truncation message lacks one, two, many and zero variants.

check.summary.truncated declares only few and *[other]. LocalizedMessage::with_count now passes a Fluent number. Arabic CLDR categories one (1), two (2) and many (11–99) therefore fall to other. A limit of 1 or 2 renders "عرض 1 نتيجة" or "عرض 2 نتيجة", which is grammatically wrong. The catalogue's own example.* messages already declare all six categories.

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Review comment at @locales/ar/messages.ftl around lines 464 - 467:
Update the check.summary.truncated selector to add Arabic one, two, and many
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