[grzdev]

What does this PR do?

Hoists requireNonEmpty into src/lib/args.ts and applies it up front across read-by-id and delete commands (project get, schedule get, schedule delete, schedule run list, test get, test code get, test open, test steps, test result, test result-history, test failure, test failure-summary, testlist get, testlist delete).

Empty or whitespace-only IDs now immediately throw VALIDATION_ERROR (exit code 5) before client creation or network requests, preventing malformed paths and internal dry-run errors.

Related issue

Fixes #368

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Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that changes existing behavior)
• Documentation only
• Build / CI / chore

Checklist

• PR targets the main branch.
• Commits follow Conventional Commits
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• npm test passes and coverage stays at or above the 80% gate.
• New behavior is covered by unit tests (mock-based; no network or credentials required).
• No secrets, API keys, internal endpoints, or personal data are included.

Notes for reviewers

• requireNonEmpty strips optional <> delimiters in field names so both test-id and <test-id> report <field> is required consistently.
• Per maintainer guidance on [Hackathon] fix: read-by-id commands forward an empty id, leaking an internal dry-run error instead of a VALIDATION_ERROR #368, test rerun is deprecated and left untouched.
• Unit tests added for empty and whitespace-only IDs across all guarded read/delete entry points verifying VALIDATION_ERROR exit code 5 and asserting no network requests take place.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Empty or whitespace-only positional arguments are now rejected consistently across project and test commands, including when commands run in dry-run mode. Optional arguments that are omitted remain valid.
  • Validation messages identify the affected argument using familiar command-line notation, such as <project-id> for required arguments and [option] for optional arguments, making it clearer which input needs attention.

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Walkthrough

The CLI validates supplied positional arguments before command actions run. It formats argument-specific validation errors and removes local empty-ID checks from project and test handlers. Tests cover formatting, validation, and real commands under dry-run.

Changes

Positional argument validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Argument validation and error formatting src/lib/args.ts, src/lib/errors.ts, src/lib/args.test.ts, src/lib/errors.test.ts	Argument utilities format required, optional, and variadic names. They reject empty or whitespace-only supplied values and report them as argument validation errors. Tests cover formatting, validation, and omitted optional arguments.
Pre-action validation across commands src/index.ts, src/commands/project.ts, src/commands/test.ts, src/lib/args.test.ts	The pre-action hook validates positional arguments after recording the command path and before command setup continues. Project and test handlers remove local empty-ID checks. Tests exercise project and test commands under dry-run.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant Commander
  participant preAction
  participant validatePositionalArgs
  participant CommandAction
  CLI->>Commander: Parse command and positional arguments
  Commander->>preAction: Run selected command pre-action hook
  preAction->>validatePositionalArgs: Validate processed positional values
  validatePositionalArgs->>CommandAction: Continue when validation passes

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Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		Issue #368 requires empty and whitespace-only ID tests for each affected command, with assertions that no client request occurs. validatePositionalArgs runs in the root preAction hook and rejects …	Add parseAsync tests for empty and whitespace-only IDs on each affected command, including the added testlist paths. Assert VALIDATION_ERROR, exit code 5, and that each command makes no client request.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title describes rejecting empty and whitespace-only IDs, which is part of the change. The shared validation also covers positional arguments beyond read-by-ID commands.
Out of Scope Changes check		The shared positional-argument validator, its root-hook integration, argument error formatting, and removal of command-local ID checks support the validation change in issue #368. The changes do not s…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is inconclusive: files from earlier reviews still need to be rechecked within the check's analysis limits. Not blocking.

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Explanation

The shared positional-argument validator, its root-hook integration, argument error formatting, and removal of command-local ID checks support the validation change in issue #368. The changes do not show an unrelated objective.

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Explanation

Issue #368 requires empty and whitespace-only ID tests for each affected command, with assertions that no client request occurs. validatePositionalArgs runs in the root preAction hook and rejects empty positional values. The tests exercise the generic helper and only two real command paths: project get with whitespace and test get with an empty ID. They do not cover the other affected paths, including schedule get, schedule delete, test code get, test result, test steps, and test failure, or assert client-call suppression for each path. The PR also includes testlist commands, but their command paths are not tested.

Resolution

Add parseAsync tests for empty and whitespace-only IDs on each affected command, including the added testlist paths. Assert VALIDATION_ERROR, exit code 5, and that each command makes no client request.

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[zeshi-du]

Thanks @grzdev, and sorry for the crossed wires: ruili's scope update on #368 landed about 20 minutes after you opened this PR, and nobody passed it on here. #368 now also covers #381, #385, #395, #466 and #468, so we'd like the one-place fix: a function under src/lib, called from the root preAction hook in src/index.ts, that rejects any empty or whitespace-only positional (from processedArgs, named via registeredArguments, variadics included) with exit 5; an argument kind for localValidationError so the message reads Argument `<project-id>` ; and the per-command positional checks removed. Unit-test the function with a throwaway Commander program, and run command tests through parseAsync, since calling runGet directly skips the hook.

[grzdev]

Hi @zeshi-du, thanks for the guidance! I've updated the PR per your suggestions:

• Created �alidatePositionalArgs in src/lib/args.ts to inspect �ctionCommand.processedArgs against
  egisteredArguments (including variadic arrays) and reject empty/whitespace-only values with exit 5 VALIDATION_ERROR.
• Added 'argument' kind to localValidationError in src/lib/errors.ts to render Argument <name> is invalid: cannot be empty or whitespace-only.
• Wired �alidatePositionalArgs(actionCommand) into the root preAction hook in src/index.ts.
• Removed manual per-command positional checks from src/commands/test.ts (
  unPlanPut,
  unUpdate,
  unDelete,
  unCodePut,
  unFlaky) and src/commands/project.ts (
  unDelete).
• Added comprehensive unit tests in src/lib/args.test.ts (testing throwaway Commander programs and commands via parseAsync) and updated src/lib/errors.test.ts.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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src/lib/args.test.ts: 1

129-175: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test positional validation through the real CLI entrypoint.

The new tests register a separate hook, so they cannot detect removal of the root hook’s validation call. Add a case to src/index.spec.ts with a blank positional argument. Assert exit code 5, the argument validation error, and no request.

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Add a test in the existing `src/index.spec.ts` suite that invokes the real CLI
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src/lib/args.ts: 1

44-44: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value

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Wrong field value in the error details: it holds the display label, not the argument name.

validatePositionalArgs passes argLabel (for example <id> or [rest...]) as the field argument of localValidationError. The argument branch needs the label only for display. The same value is copied into details.field, so --output json consumers get <project-id> instead of project-id. The tests lock this shape in. Decide whether details.field should be the bare name. If it should, pass argDef.name() and let the helper add the brackets. The helper cannot restore [...] or ... for optional or variadic arguments, so a bare name would lose them. In that case, keep the label for display only.

This is a contract choice, so confirm it against the documented JSON error envelope before you change it.

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