test: avoid redundant fixture work

Reuse immutable fixtures, combine Git queries and avoid large data copies to reduce test overhead while retaining behavior checks.

Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-6

internal/app/cmd/daemon_test.go

@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ func (*daemonTestService) UpdateLog(_ context.Context, req *runnerv1.UpdateLogRe
 func TestDaemonRetriesDeclareOutagesAndRemovesOnlyConsumedEphemeralRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 	defer func(delay time.Duration) { declareRetryDelay = delay }(declareRetryDelay)
 	declareRetryDelay = 0
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	regFile := filepath.Join(dir, "registration.json")
+	configFile := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(configFile, []byte("runner:\n  file: "+regFile+"\n  idle_cleanup_interval: 0s\ncache:\n  enabled: false\n"), 0o600))
+
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		name                  string
 		ephemeral, beforeTask bool
@@ -154,10 +159,6 @@ func TestDaemonRetriesDeclareOutagesAndRemovesOnlyConsumedEphemeralRegistration(
 			connecthttp.Mount(mux, rpcServer, connecthttp.WithReadMaxBytes(0))
 			server := httptest.NewServer(http.StripPrefix("/api/actions", mux))
 			defer server.Close()
-			dir := t.TempDir()
-			regFile := filepath.Join(dir, "registration.json")
-			configFile := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
-			require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(configFile, []byte("runner:\n  file: "+regFile+"\n  idle_cleanup_interval: 0s\ncache:\n  enabled: false\n"), 0o600))
 			require.NoError(t, config.SaveRegistration(regFile, &config.Registration{Address: server.URL, UUID: "test", Name: "test", Token: "test", Labels: []string{"host:host"}, Ephemeral: tc.ephemeral}))
 			err := runDaemon(ctx, &daemonArgs{Once: true}, &configFile)(nil, nil)
 			if tc.declareErr == nil && tc.fetchErr == nil || tc.beforeTask {

internal/app/cmd/exec_test.go

@@ -75,40 +75,35 @@ func TestExecuteArgsLoadInputs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExecuteArgsEventJSON(t *testing.T) {
-	payload := func(content string) string {
-		path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "event.json")
-		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0o600))
-		return path
-	}
-
+	dir := t.TempDir()
 	tests := []struct {
-		name      string
-		eventpath string
-		inputs    []string
-		expected  string
+		name     string
+		payload  string
+		inputs   []string
+		expected string
 	}{
 		{
-			name:      "keeps a payload without inputs to merge",
-			eventpath: payload(`{"inputs": {"kept": "from_event"}}`),
-			expected:  `{"inputs": {"kept": "from_event"}}`,
+			name:     "keeps a payload without inputs to merge",
+			payload:  `{"inputs": {"kept": "from_event"}}`,
+			expected: `{"inputs": {"kept": "from_event"}}`,
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "overrides the event inputs it names, keeping the rest",
-			eventpath: payload(`{"inputs": {"kept": "from_event", "named": "from_event"}}`),
-			inputs:    []string{"named=from_cli"},
-			expected:  `{"inputs": {"kept": "from_event", "named": "from_cli"}}`,
+			name:     "overrides the event inputs it names, keeping the rest",
+			payload:  `{"inputs": {"kept": "from_event", "named": "from_event"}}`,
+			inputs:   []string{"named=from_cli"},
+			expected: `{"inputs": {"kept": "from_event", "named": "from_cli"}}`,
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "adds inputs to a payload carrying none",
-			eventpath: payload(`{"repository": {"name": "test-repo"}}`),
-			inputs:    []string{"flag=val"},
-			expected:  `{"repository": {"name": "test-repo"}, "inputs": {"flag": "val"}}`,
+			name:     "adds inputs to a payload carrying none",
+			payload:  `{"repository": {"name": "test-repo"}}`,
+			inputs:   []string{"flag=val"},
+			expected: `{"repository": {"name": "test-repo"}, "inputs": {"flag": "val"}}`,
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "handles a null payload",
-			eventpath: payload("null"),
-			inputs:    []string{"flag=val"},
-			expected:  `{"inputs": {"flag": "val"}}`,
+			name:     "handles a null payload",
+			payload:  "null",
+			inputs:   []string{"flag=val"},
+			expected: `{"inputs": {"flag": "val"}}`,
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "builds a payload without an event file",
@@ -119,7 +114,12 @@ func TestExecuteArgsEventJSON(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			eventJSON, err := (&executeArgs{eventpath: tt.eventpath, inputs: tt.inputs}).eventJSON()
+			var eventpath string
+			if tt.payload != "" {
+				eventpath = filepath.Join(dir, tt.name+".json")
+				require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(eventpath, []byte(tt.payload), 0o600))
+			}
+			eventJSON, err := (&executeArgs{eventpath: eventpath, inputs: tt.inputs}).eventJSON()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.JSONEq(t, tt.expected, eventJSON)
 		})
@@ -275,21 +275,13 @@ func workflowForList(name, file, event, jobID, jobName string) *model.Workflow {
 	return &model.Workflow{
 		Name:  name,
 		File:  file,
-		RawOn: rawOnNode(event),
+		RawOn: yaml.Node{Kind: yaml.ScalarNode, Tag: "!!str", Value: event},
 		Jobs: map[string]*model.Job{
 			jobID: {Name: jobName},
 		},
 	}
 }
 
-func rawOnNode(event string) yaml.Node {
-	var node yaml.Node
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(event), &node); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return *node.Content[0]
-}
-
 func TestExecuteArgsLoadEnvsResultsOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Setenv("ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL", "") // the default is only supplied when nothing else does
 	handler, err := artifactcache.StartHandler(artifactcache.Options{Dir: t.TempDir(), OutboundIP: "127.0.0.1"})