feat(cli): --changed to run only the tests touched since a git ref - #1038
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Selects test files from git instead of from a previous red run, so the fast loop works on the first run of a fresh branch. The selection merges three sources, because none of them sees the others: the commit range <ref>...HEAD, the staged and unstaged edits on top of HEAD, and untracked new files. Deletions are dropped so a removed test file never reaches discovery, and rename detection selects the new path alone. Narrowing happens in exec_tests next to the shard split, after the "at least one path" guard: reaching zero files there is a real answer, so the run reports "No tests found" and exits 1 rather than dumping the help text. Outside a work tree, or with a ref that does not resolve, validate_config_or_exit fails the run instead of silently selecting nothing. Closes #1010
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Related #1010
The fastest feedback loop on a large suite is "run only what my branch touched", and bashunit could not express it.
--rerun-failedneeds a previous red run, and a hand-rolledgit diff | xargs ./bashunitbreaks on renames, deletions and quoting.💡 Changes
--changed [<ref>]selects only the test files git reports as touched since the ref, defaulting toorigin/HEADand falling back toHEAD.No tests foundand exits 1, matching an empty shard, instead of the "path is required" help dump.