Allow rules to execute ordered command lists (#550)

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Summary

Allow a rule's command field to accept either the existing scalar string or
a non-empty ordered list of command strings. A command list runs its entries
in declaration order and stops at the first non-zero exit, so a reusable rule
can compose several distinct commands without a hand-written shell chain, a
script block, or a nested Netsuke invocation.

Closes #550

Manifest shape

A scalar command is unchanged:

rules:
  - name: lint
    command: cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings

A list is now accepted too:

rules:
  - name: comprehensive-check
    description: Run the required checks sequentially
    command:
      - cargo fmt --all -- --check
      - cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
      - cargo nextest run --all-targets --all-features
      - cargo test --doc

Semantics

• Entries execute strictly in declaration order.
• The chain stops at the first non-zero exit and returns that failure.
• Every list entry is Jinja-rendered and gets {{ ins }}/{{ outs }}
  interpolation per entry during IR lowering.
• Entries share one shell process, so working directory, environment, and
  exit-code state carry forward like a script block.
• An empty command list is rejected during manifest deserialization with a
  localized diagnostic.
• The scalar form is unchanged: serialization, hashing, and Ninja output
  remain byte-identical.

Implementation

• Recipe::Command now holds a StringOrList; From<&str>, From<String>,
  and From<Vec<String>> keep existing construction sites compiling.
• render_recipe_string_or_list renders each list entry with the
  ins/outs placeholder injection.
• IR lowering interpolates each entry independently, preserving the
  scalar-vs-list shape.
• Ninja generation joins list entries with && into a single fail-fast chain.

Tests

Parsing, rendering, IR interpolation, and Ninja generation are covered for
both forms, plus ordering, fail-fast behaviour, Jinja rendering, empty-list
rejection, and a new multi_command.yml fixture with a Ninja snapshot. The
users' guide and design doc document command lists.

References

• https://lody.ai/leynos/sessions/e2c7837b-4836-47a6-b8fe-7e9e849cc4e4

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Allow command recipes for rules and targets to be specified as either a scalar string or a non-empty ordered list, executed as a single fail-fast shell chain and rejected if empty.

New Features:

• Support ordered command lists in rule and target command recipes alongside the existing scalar command form, with each entry independently interpolated for inputs and outputs.
• Expose a localized manifest error when a command list is empty instead of silently accepting it.

Enhancements:

• Emit list-based command recipes to Ninja as a single &&-joined fail-fast chain while preserving existing scalar command behaviour and hashing.
• Extend the StringOrList AST helper with conversions, emptiness checks, and utility accessors used across manifest parsing, IR generation, and Ninja output.

Documentation:

• Document the command list syntax, execution semantics, and usage guidance in the users' guide and design document, including a tested example manifest.

Tests:

• Add unit, integration, IR, Jinja rendering, and snapshot tests covering scalar vs list command parsing, interpolation order, fail-fast behaviour, empty list rejection, and Ninja generation for multi-command manifests.

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Summary

• Accept scalar strings and non-empty ordered lists in rule and target command fields.
• Render each list entry independently with Jinja and input/output interpolation.
• Execute entries in one shell process with shared state and fail-fast semantics.
• Preserve scalar command serialisation, hashing, and Ninja output.
• Reject empty command lists during parsing and Ninja generation with localized diagnostics.
• Attribute failures by action and entry index across human-readable, JSON, tracing, warning, and metric output.
• Preserve background-job failures and prevent later entries from running after failure.
• Reuse rendering contexts and interpolation bindings across list entries.
• Update IR lowering, Ninja generation, public API fixtures, shell validation, and test coverage.
• Document syntax and execution behaviour in docs/netsuke-design.md, docs/users-guide.md, docs/developers-guide.md, and docs/v0-1-0-migration-guide.md.
• Address issue #550 with parsing, rendering, ordering, interpolation, fail-fast, shell-boundary, direct-target, property-based, compatibility, UI, logging, telemetry, and Ninja execution coverage.

Walkthrough

Changes

Support scalar commands and ordered, non-empty command lists. Render and interpolate each entry independently. Generate one fail-fast && shell chain. Reject empty command content during parsing and generation. Add failure attribution, telemetry, tests, snapshots, localisation, and documentation.

Ordered command list support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Manifest command contract src/ast.rs, src/localization/*, locales/*, tests/ast_tests/*	Accept scalar strings and ordered string lists. Reject empty command content with localised diagnostics.
Command rendering and IR interpolation src/manifest/*, src/ir/*, tests/ir_from_manifest_tests.rs	Render and interpolate each entry independently. Reuse input and output bindings. Preserve declaration order.
Fail-fast Ninja generation src/ninja_gen.rs, src/ninja_gen_command_list.rs, tests/ninja_*	Validate entries, quote shell text, preserve shared shell state, and join entries with &&. Cover direct targets, background jobs, exec, ordering, and empty recipes.
Failure attribution src/runner/process/*, tests/logging_stderr/*	Capture bounded failure markers. Report action and entry positions in human, JSON, and tracing diagnostics. Record failure telemetry.
Documentation and compatibility docs/*, CHANGELOG.md, tests/data/*, tests/ui/*, .gitignore	Document command-list semantics and migration guidance. Add fixtures, snapshots, public API checks, and repository ignore rules.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ManifestParser
  participant RecipeRenderer
  participant IRLowering
  participant NinjaGenerator
  participant ProcessRunner
  ManifestParser->>RecipeRenderer: provide scalar or ordered command list
  RecipeRenderer->>IRLowering: render each entry independently
  IRLowering->>NinjaGenerator: provide interpolated recipe
  NinjaGenerator->>NinjaGenerator: emit brace groups joined with &&
  NinjaGenerator->>ProcessRunner: execute generated Ninja command
  ProcessRunner->>ProcessRunner: capture action and entry failure marker

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Possibly related PRs

• leynos/netsuke#325: Both changes modify command interpolation and manifest rendering paths.

Suggested labels: Issue

Suggested reviewers: codescene-access

Poem

Commands run in order.
Each entry joins the chain.
Empty lists fail parsing.
&& stops at the first failure.
Shared shell state remains.

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❌ Failed checks (1 error, 2 warnings, 5 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Unit Architecture	❌ Error	The new command path calls Instant::now() directly for telemetry; unlike the existing injectable MonotonicClock, this clock dependency is not injectable.	Inject a monotonic clock at the process boundary, or isolate timing behind a small clock interface, and test telemetry with deterministic time.
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The .gitignore change for vtcode.toml is unrelated to the command-list objectives in [#550].	Remove the unrelated .gitignore changes, or link them to a separate issue and submit them in a separate pull request.
Performance And Resource Use	⚠️ Warning	The PR wraps every stdout stream in FailureAttributionWriter, so observe() scans each output byte and buffers lines, although command-list markers are emitted only with >&2.	Route stdout directly through the existing forwarding functions and retain FailureAttributionWriter only for stderr; add a large-stdout regression check.
User-Facing Documentation	❓ Inconclusive	Initial evidence is incomplete; inspect the pull-request diff and user-facing documentation before deciding.	Verify that docs/users-guide.md clearly documents command-list syntax, semantics, examples, and migration guidance.
Testing (Property / Proof)	❓ Inconclusive	Pending repository inspection of the actual diff and property-test implementation.	Verify the changed property tests and their coverage against the introduced command-list invariants.
Domain Architecture	❓ Inconclusive	Placeholder	Investigate repository boundaries and the complete diff before deciding.
Concurrency And State	❓ Inconclusive	Investigation started; no verdict evidence gathered yet.	Inspect changed shell execution, background-job tracking, runner workers, and telemetry state before deciding.
Rust Compiler Lint Integrity	❓ Inconclusive	The PR diff adds no broad Rust lint suppressions or artificial lint anchors; the few new clones are in tests and appear tied to owned fixture values.	Need inspect the changed ownership boundaries and test-module compilation graph before deciding whether any new clone or helper surface weakens lint integrity.

✅ Passed checks (12 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes ordered command lists and references the linked issue [#550].
Description check	✅ Passed	The description accurately covers command-list syntax, semantics, implementation, tests, and documentation.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy the coding objectives in [#550], including parsing, ordering, fail-fast execution, interpolation, diagnostics, compatibility, tests, and documentation.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.
Testing (Overall)	✅ Passed	Accept the testing coverage: parsing, rendering, IR lowering, Ninja generation, real-Ninja fail-fast/state tests, direct-target execution, property tests, and failure diagnostics are substantively...
Developer Documentation	✅ Passed	Accept the check: the developer guide documents AST, rendering, IR, Ninja, shell, attribution and telemetry boundaries; the design doc records the architecture, and all 35 locale catalogues contain...
Module-Level Documentation	✅ Passed	Keep the check passing: every PR-added Rust module starts with a //! docstring, and the repository-wide scan found no undocumented Rust modules.
Testing (Unit And Behavioural)	✅ Passed	Accept the coverage: tests cover parsing, rendering, lowering, edge cases and typed errors, plus real-Ninja fail-fast, direct-target, snapshot and CLI diagnostic workflows.
Testing (Compile-Time / Ui)	✅ Passed	The PR adds a direct-rustc external compile-pass fixture for the new public API and a focused Ninja snapshot with semantic assertions for list order, fail-fast chaining, and target/action references.
Observability	✅ Passed	Command-list failures emit hashed action and entry context, preserve exit status, and record bounded failure and duration metrics; tests cover human, JSON, tracing, and redaction paths.
Security And Privacy	✅ Passed	Accept: no secrets or privileged integrations were added; list payloads and paths are shell-quoted, action IDs are hashed, and JSON tests verify command text is omitted.
Architectural Complexity And Maintainability	✅ Passed	Keep the change: focused modules isolate shell validation, IR binding reuse, and process attribution; all have immediate consumers, documented contracts, tests, and no new dependencies or speculati...

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Extend Recipe::Command to support both scalar strings and non-empty ordered command lists, ensuring manifest parsing, Jinja rendering, IR lowering, Ninja generation, and documentation all understand and correctly execute fail-fast command chains while preserving existing scalar behaviour.

Flow diagram for command list processing from manifest to Ninja

flowchart LR
    ManifestCommand[StringOrList command in manifest]
    Render[render_recipe_string_or_list]
    IR[register_action interpolate_command]
    Ninja[ninja_gen write_recipe join with &&]

    ManifestCommand --> Render
    Render --> IR
    IR --> Ninja

    subgraph StringOrListVariants
      StringVariant[String]
      ListVariant[List]
      EmptyVariant[Empty]
    end

    ManifestCommand --> StringVariant
    ManifestCommand --> ListVariant
    ManifestCommand --> EmptyVariant

    ListVariant --> Render
    ListVariant --> IR
    ListVariant --> Ninja

    StringVariant --> Render
    StringVariant --> IR
    StringVariant --> Ninja

    EmptyVariant --> ManifestError[manifest.command_list_empty diagnostic]
    EmptyVariant --> NinjaGuard[reject_empty_command_recipe in debug]

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File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Recipe::Command now uses StringOrList, allowing scalar commands or non-empty ordered lists, with manifest deserialization rejecting empty lists.	Change Recipe::Command.command type from String to StringOrList and update RawRecipe to deserialize command as StringOrList. Implement StringOrList::is_empty_content plus From<&str>, From, and From<Vec> to preserve construction ergonomics. Update Recipe::Deserialize to emit a localized MANIFEST_COMMAND_LIST_EMPTY error when the command is Empty or an empty List. Adjust tests and helpers that previously assumed command was a plain String to use as_single(), to_string_vec(), or match on StringOrList variants.	src/ast.rs tests/ast_tests/string_or_list.rs tests/ast_tests/parsing.rs tests/ast_tests/recipe.rs tests/bdd/steps/manifest/targets.rs tests/bdd/steps/manifest/mod.rs tests/ir_tests.rs tests/hasher_tests.rs tests/manifest_env_tests.rs src/manifest/mod.rs src/manifest/tests/workspace.rs tests/command_escaping_tests.rs
Command rendering and IR lowering now handle lists by rendering/interpolating each entry independently while preserving the scalar vs list shape.	Add render_recipe_string_or_list utility that renders StringOrList commands entry-wise with ins/outs placeholders, computing the error label once. Use render_recipe_string_or_list when rendering rule and target Recipe::Command commands instead of render_recipe_str_with on a String. Update IR register_action to interpolate StringOrList commands, mapping interpolate_command over scalar and list variants and keeping Empty unchanged. Introduce tests to verify command lists render each entry with ins/outs, and IR interpolation preserves declaration order in lists.	src/manifest/render.rs src/ir/from_manifest_support.rs tests/manifest_jinja_tests.rs tests/ir_from_manifest_tests.rs
Ninja generation joins command lists into a single fail-fast && chain, rejects empty commands defensively, and adds tests for the new behaviour.	Update NamedAction::write_recipe to accept StringOrList, building command_line by joining List items with " && " and rejecting Empty via reject_empty_command_recipe. Add reject_empty_command_recipe debug-only panic helper to surface unexpected empty commands during Ninja generation. Refactor inline tests out of src/ninja_gen.rs into new src/ninja_gen_tests.rs, and add a test that command lists are emitted as echo one && echo two && echo three. Extend integration tests to cover fail-fast behaviour of command lists executed by ninja, ensuring later entries are skipped after a non-zero exit.	src/ninja_gen.rs src/ninja_gen_tests.rs tests/ninja_gen_integration_tests.rs
Documentation, examples, localization, and snapshots now describe and exercise command lists and their fail-fast semantics.	Update users guide to describe command lists, their execution semantics, and add a fenced guide-command-list example manifest. Update netsuke-design.md to document StringOrList-based command, list fail-fast behaviour, and rejection of empty lists. Add multi_command.yml manifest fixture and a corresponding Ninja snapshot test asserting joined fail-fast chains and references from both a target and an action. Register the new guide-command-list fenced example in documentation_examples_tests and ensure snapshot path includes the new ninja snapshot. Add MANIFEST_COMMAND_LIST_EMPTY localization key and messages across all locales, providing a consistent error string for empty command lists.	docs/users-guide.md docs/netsuke-design.md tests/documentation_examples_tests.rs tests/ninja_snapshot_tests.rs tests/data/multi_command.yml tests/snapshots/ninja/ninja_snapshot_tests__multi_command_manifest_ninja.snap src/localization/keys.rs locales/*/messages.ftl
Changelog entry documents the new command list feature and its fail-fast semantics.	Add a CHANGELOG.md entry describing the acceptance of non-empty ordered command lists for command recipes and their execution as a fail-fast && shell chain.	CHANGELOG.md

Assessment against linked issues

Issue	Objective	Addressed	Explanation
#550	Extend the manifest, IR, and Ninja generation to allow a rule or target command field to be either the existing scalar string or a non-empty ordered list of command strings, with semantics: entries execute in declaration order, fail fast at first non-zero exit, share one shell process, empty lists rejected during manifest validation, Jinja rendering applied to each entry (including {{ ins }}/{{ outs }}), lists usable wherever rules are referenced, and existing scalar behavior preserved.	✅
#550	Add focused tests to cover both scalar and list command forms, including ordering and fail-fast behavior, Jinja rendering and interpolation per list entry, empty-list rejection, backwards compatibility for scalar commands, and Ninja snapshots demonstrating a multi-command rule referenced by both an action and a target.	✅
#550	Update the users guide and design documentation to describe command lists, their shell-state and fail-fast semantics, and guidance on when to prefer command lists versus script recipes.	✅

Possibly linked issues

• Allow rules to execute ordered command lists #550: PR adds scalar-or-list command support, fail-fast ordered execution, empty-list rejection, tests, and documentation as described.

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Inline comments:
In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Around line 26-27: Update the changelog sentence near the shell-chain
description by inserting a comma before “so” to separate the descriptive clause
from the result clause.

In `@docs/netsuke-design.md`:
- Line 719: Synchronize all command schema documentation with StringOrList: in
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from string to StringOrList; in docs/netsuke-design.md lines 253-257, describe
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- Line 152: Update the manifest.command_list_empty translation to specifically
state that the command list must not be empty, while still indicating that a
command string is an accepted alternative; do not imply that the scalar value
command: "" is rejected.

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Inline comments:
In @.gitignore:
- Around line 7-8: Remove the duplicate .vtcode/ entry from .gitignore, keeping
exactly one occurrence and leaving vtcode.toml unchanged.

In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Around line 25-28: Update the changelog entry for ordered command lists to
also document generation failures for entries that start multiple background
jobs or reach exec through an unsupported shell structure, naming the
MultipleBackgroundJobs and UnsupportedCommandListExec errors.

In `@src/ninja_gen_command_list.rs`:
- Around line 47-76: Update the doc comment on command_list_entry to add why
comments documenting the four shared-shell invariants: current-shell brace-group
scope requires clearing the EXIT trap on both paths; ${!:-} tracks only the
latest background PID because command_list_entry_error rejects multiple
background operators; user assignments to _netsuke_* names can corrupt status
propagation and attribution; and _netsuke_exec_succeeded=1 with exit 0 preserves
successful in-shell exec behavior by skipping later entries.
- Around line 292-315: In src/ninja_gen_command_list.rs lines 292-315, import
rstest::rstest and convert classifies_direct_and_unsupported_exec_entries and
counts_only_unquoted_background_operators_before_comments to rstest
parameterized tests with one case per input. In src/ninja_gen_tests.rs lines
130-150, replace the loop in
programmatic_empty_command_recipe_returns_a_typed_generation_error with two
rstest cases and a command: StringOrList parameter.
- Around line 83-97: The command_evaluator return tuple is unclear because its
shell expression and status fragment are unnamed; replace it with a private
struct using descriptive named fields and update its call site accordingly. Add
documentation comments to ExecBoundary and each of its None, Direct, and
Unsupported variants, matching the module’s documented-type conventions.
- Around line 226-249: Update count_unquoted_background_operator and its parser
state to track unquoted input/output redirection markers, excluding the
following redirection ampersand from background_operator_count while preserving
normal background-job counting. Add regression coverage for cmd 2>&1 &, cmd 2>&1
1>&2, and cmd 1>&2.
- Around line 110-122: Expand exec_boundary to detect exec command words in all
shell command positions, including loop/case bodies and commands following &&,
while preserving assignment handling and the existing direct/unsupported
classification. Replace the current first-command-only logic with shell-aware
command-boundary detection rather than unrestricted contains_exec(), so
arguments such as echo exec and printf '%s' exec remain valid. Add rstest
coverage for nested command structures and argument occurrences.

In `@src/ninja_gen_property_tests.rs`:
- Around line 176-178: Update the uses_list_boundary sentinel in the property
test to match a sequence uniquely emitted by the generated list wrapper, using
the established wrapper structure rather than the unreachable "{ if eval '"
fragment. Keep the negative assertion so it reliably distinguishes list-boundary
output from scalar output.
- Around line 149-168: The property test
command_lists_preserve_order_boundaries_and_fail_fast_joins currently generates
only lowercase words, so it does not exercise shell quoting or metacharacter
handling. Widen its entry strategy to include relevant shell metacharacters and
whitespace, while excluding ampersand-containing inputs or explicitly expecting
NinjaGenError::MultipleBackgroundJobs; then assert each entry appears exactly
once with shell_single_quote escaping, including rendering apostrophes as '\''.
- Around line 73-113: Introduce a shared helper that constructs the single-entry
BuildGraph and its Action from a supplied StringOrList recipe, then update
command_list_graph, scalar_graph, and
programmatic_empty_command_recipes_are_rejected to use it. Reuse the same helper
for the repeated Action literals in the related test module so Action field
changes require one update.

In `@src/ninja_gen_tests.rs`:
- Around line 118-126: The assertion in the ninja generation test should be
split into separate ensure! checks for each expected template fragment and the
"} && {" occurrence count. Give each assertion a condition-specific failure
message while preserving the existing Ninja output context and validation
behavior.

In `@src/ninja_gen.rs`:
- Around line 129-131: Update the Rustdoc # Errors sections for generate and
generate_into to document NinjaGenError::MultipleBackgroundJobs and
NinjaGenError::UnsupportedCommandListExec alongside the existing failure modes,
ensuring each public function enumerates every error kind it can return.
- Around line 172-177: The action validation path uses a positional index while
runtime diagnostics use the action identifier fingerprint, preventing
correlation. Update generate_into and validate_action_recipe to pass the
available action id through typed validation errors, and use that same identity
in generation diagnostics while preserving the existing entry attribution.
- Around line 262-285: Extract the StringOrList::List arm’s command-generation
and output logic into a write_command_list(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>, items:
&[String]) -> fmt::Result helper, moving the existing rationale comment onto
that helper. Keep command_list_entry indexing, joining, assert_shell_command,
and formatting behavior unchanged, and make write_recipe dispatch to the helper
similarly to write_script_command.

In `@tests/ninja_gen_command_list_integration_tests.rs`:
- Around line 116-135: Rename the helper function failing_command_list_command
to command_list_command_line and update all call sites, including
command_list_exec_entries_preserve_attribution_and_success and
command_list_rejects_multiple_background_jobs; leave its behavior unchanged.
- Around line 99-113: Update the background command in run_command_list to use a
portable whole-second delay and chain the sentinel write with && instead of ;,
so waited-background-job.txt is created only after sleep succeeds. Preserve the
existing assertion that verifies the workspace waits for the successful
background job.
- Around line 19-58: Refactor the temporary-workspace setup in run_command_list
and execute_direct_target_command_list to reuse the existing temp_workspace_path
and open_temp_workspace helpers, retaining the UTF-8 path where current_dir
requires it. Also reuse the Action construction from run_command_list in
failing_command_list_command instead of duplicating its six-field literal, while
preserving each test’s existing behavior.
- Around line 165-180: Extend the exit-status test around the generated command
execution to add a second pass through Ninja, matching the existing Ninja
validation in command_list_background_failure_waits_before_the_next_entry. Keep
the direct sh execution, then invoke Ninja with the unmodified generated command
and assert status 23 plus the first-entry stderr marker, ensuring Ninja’s $$
unescaping and status propagation are tested.

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292-329: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Collapse the two rejection tests into one rstest case set.

command_list_rejects_multiple_background_jobs and command_list_rejects_nested_eval_background_jobs_before_later_entries differ only in the first entry string. Both assert the same NinjaGenError::MultipleBackgroundJobs { action_index: 1, entry_index: 1 }. CodeScene flagged the pair as new duplication. Each further rejection case would add another copy.

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-#[test]
-fn command_list_rejects_multiple_background_jobs() -> Result<()> {
-    let error = command_list_command_line(vec![
-        "true & sh -c 'sleep 0.1; exit 1' &".into(),
-        "echo unexpected > continued-after-multiple-background-jobs.txt".into(),
-    ])
-    .expect_err("multiple background jobs should be rejected before Ninja runs");
-    ensure!(
-        matches!(
-            error.downcast_ref::<NinjaGenError>(),
-            Some(NinjaGenError::MultipleBackgroundJobs {
-                action_index: 1,
-                entry_index: 1,
-            })
-        ),
-        "multiple background jobs should return a stable typed error: {error:?}"
-    );
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn command_list_rejects_nested_eval_background_jobs_before_later_entries() -> Result<()> {
-    let error = command_list_command_line(vec![
-        "eval 'false & true &'".into(),
-        "echo unexpected > continued-after-nested-eval.txt".into(),
-    ])
-    .expect_err("nested eval background jobs should be rejected before Ninja runs");
-    ensure!(
-        matches!(
-            error.downcast_ref::<NinjaGenError>(),
-            Some(NinjaGenError::MultipleBackgroundJobs {
-                action_index: 1,
-                entry_index: 1,
-            })
-        ),
-        "nested eval background jobs should return a stable typed error: {error:?}"
-    );
-    Ok(())
-}
+#[rstest]
+#[case::direct("true & sh -c 'sleep 0.1; exit 1' &")]
+#[case::nested_eval("eval 'false & true &'")]
+fn command_list_rejects_unattributable_background_jobs(#[case] entry: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    let error = command_list_command_line(vec![
+        entry.into(),
+        "echo unexpected > continued-after-rejection.txt".into(),
+    ])
+    .expect_err("unattributable background jobs should be rejected before Ninja runs");
+    ensure!(
+        matches!(
+            error.downcast_ref::<NinjaGenError>(),
+            Some(NinjaGenError::MultipleBackgroundJobs {
+                action_index: 1,
+                entry_index: 1,
+            })
+        ),
+        "entry {entry} should return a stable typed error: {error:?}"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}

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In `@tests/ninja_gen_command_list_integration_tests.rs`:
- Around line 292-329: Replace the duplicated tests
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command_list_rejects_nested_eval_background_jobs_before_later_entries with one
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tests/ninja_gen_command_list_integration_tests.rs

Comment on lines +292 to +309

fn command_list_rejects_multiple_background_jobs() -> Result<()> {
    let error = command_list_command_line(vec![
        "true & sh -c 'sleep 0.1; exit 1' &".into(),
        "echo unexpected > continued-after-multiple-background-jobs.txt".into(),
    ])
    .expect_err("multiple background jobs should be rejected before Ninja runs");
    ensure!(
        matches!(
            error.downcast_ref::<NinjaGenError>(),
            Some(NinjaGenError::MultipleBackgroundJobs {
                action_index: 1,
                entry_index: 1,
            })
        ),
        "multiple background jobs should return a stable typed error: {error:?}"
    );
    Ok(())
}

❌ New issue: Code Duplication
The module contains 2 functions with similar structure: command_list_rejects_multiple_background_jobs,command_list_rejects_nested_eval_background_jobs_before_later_entries

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