test: isolate presence and vim tests from local machine state

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Closes #1471

Summary

• Make four tests hermetic so they pass on macOS developer machines, not only in Linux CI.
• Test-only change; no production code touched.

Changes

File	Change
tests/agents-view-thread-identity.test.ts	Build the presence profile under realpathSync(tmpdir()), so macOS /var -> /private/var no longer trips the intentional symlink rejection in rootFor().
tests/gentle-shell.test.ts	isolatedEnv gives each gentleShell test instance a fresh temporary GENTLE_PI_CONFIG_HOME (cleaned in after()), so a developer's persisted /gentle:vim policy no longer leaks in. Tests that pass their own config home are unchanged.

Test plan

• RED on macOS: 3 presence tests time out; petal-prompt test sees INSERT.
• GREEN: node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/agents-view-thread-identity.test.ts tests/gentle-shell.test.ts → 215 pass, 0 fail.
• Full unit stage node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/*.test.ts → 3798 pass, 0 fail, 43 skipped.
• node scripts/check-types.mjs → no regressions against the recorded baseline.
• The developer's real ~/.pi/gentle-ai/vim.json was left untouched.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Tests
  • Improved the reliability of automated checks across environments, including systems that use symbolic links for temporary directories.
  • Isolated configuration used by shell-related tests and ensured temporary test data is cleaned up afterward.
  • No user-facing features or behavior changed.

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Walkthrough

The test fixtures now canonicalize the presence profile’s temporary path and isolate Gentle Shell configuration when a test does not specify a config home.

Changes

Presence fixture path

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Canonical temporary path tests/agents-view-thread-identity.test.ts	The presence fixture resolves tmpdir() before creating its temporary profile. Comments describe the symlink constraint.

Gentle Shell config isolation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Isolated test configuration tests/gentle-shell.test.ts	Tests without an explicit GENTLE_PI_CONFIG_HOME use temporary config directories, which are removed after the suite. The real-Git routing test applies the same environment isolation.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: autanasoft

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 002ac

Tests can still depend on a developer’s Gentle settings when that developer has configured a home, defeating the intended isolation. Fix the inherited-environment case before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: isolating presence and Vim-related tests from local machine state.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue [#1471]. tests/agents-view-thread-identity.test.ts creates the presence fixture under realpathSync(tmpdir()), which avoids macOS symlinked temp ancestors. `tests/gentle-s…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only the two test files named by issue [#1471]. The imports, fixture path, test environment isolation, cleanup, and related real-Git test update all support hermetic test exec…

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In @tests/gentle-shell.test.ts:
- Around line 35-36: Update isolatedEnv to distinguish an omitted env argument
from an explicitly supplied environment: when omitted, isolate from process.env
even if it contains GENTLE_PI_CONFIG_HOME; preserve an explicitly supplied
config home. Adjust the default-parameter handling so this distinction is
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Isolate calls that inherit a developer’s config home.

When a test calls gentleShell without an env argument, isolatedEnv uses process.env. If the developer has set GENTLE_PI_CONFIG_HOME, Line 36 returns that environment unchanged. The test can then read or write the developer’s settings, which defeats the stated isolation goal. Treat an omitted env argument differently from an explicitly supplied config home.

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In @tests/gentle-shell.test.ts around lines 35 - 36, Update isolatedEnv to
distinguish an omitted env argument from an explicitly supplied environment:
when omitted, isolate from process.env even if it contains
GENTLE_PI_CONFIG_HOME; preserve an explicitly supplied config home. Adjust the
default-parameter handling so this distinction is available to gentleShell
callers.

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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr