refactor: replace Lima VMs with host execution in CI#69
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Run e2e tests directly on the GHA runner instead of booting 3 separate Lima VMs. This eliminates VM boot flakiness (timeouts, clock skew) and cuts CI time from ~10min to under 5min. Introduce a testenv.Env interface that abstracts command execution: - hostenv: runs commands directly on Linux (CI) - limaenv: uses a single persistent Lima VM (macOS dev) On macOS, one shared VM replaces three ephemeral ones and persists across test runs for fast iteration. Signed-off-by: Bartek Mucha <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bartek Mucha <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bartek Mucha <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bartek Mucha <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bartek Mucha <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bartek Mucha <[email protected]>
cp fails with "text file busy" when overwriting a binary that is currently executing. mv (rename) replaces the directory entry while the old inode stays alive for running processes. Signed-off-by: Bartek Mucha <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bartek Mucha <[email protected]>
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testenv.Envinterface with two implementations:hostEnv(CI/Linux) andlimaEnv(local macOS dev, shared singleton VM)e2e/limavmpackage (Go wrappers, shell scripts, per-suite VM lifecycle)ℹ️ This is part 1 of fixing e2e flakiness, there's another issue with time comparison I'm tackling separately.