refactor(test): first runBin migration batch (3 of ~36 run() duplicates)

explain-level-config, benchmark-cli, evidence move onto the shared
helper; each file's remaining special-case spawnSync sites (raw-buffer
probes, env-scrub probes) stay put deliberately. 55/55 green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

test/benchmark-cli.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 import { describe, test, expect } from 'bun:test';
 import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
+
+import { runBin } from './helpers/run-bin';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
@@ -21,16 +23,15 @@ const ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..');
 const BIN = path.join(ROOT, 'bin', 'gstack-model-benchmark');
 
 function run(args: string[], opts: { env?: Record<string, string> } = {}): { status: number | null; stdout: string; stderr: string } {
-  const result = spawnSync('bun', ['run', BIN, ...args], {
+  const result = runBin('bun', ['run', BIN, ...args], {
     cwd: ROOT,
-    env: { ...process.env, ...opts.env },
+    env: opts.env,
-    encoding: 'utf-8',
+    timeoutMs: 15000,
-    timeout: 15000,
   });
   return {
     status: result.status,
-    stdout: result.stdout?.toString() ?? '',
+    stdout: result.stdout,
-    stderr: result.stderr?.toString() ?? '',
+    stderr: result.stderr,
   };
 }
 

test/evidence.test.ts

@@ -11,20 +11,18 @@ let gstackHome: string;
 let repoDir: string;
 
 import { gitIn, findFilesBySuffix } from './helpers/scratch-repo';
+import { runBin } from './helpers/run-bin';
 
 function git(args: string) {
   gitIn(repoDir, args);
 }
 
 function run(args: string[], opts: { cwd?: string } = {}): { status: number; stdout: string; stderr: string } {
-  const r = spawnSync(EVIDENCE, args, {
+  return runBin(EVIDENCE, args, {
     cwd: opts.cwd ?? repoDir,
-    env: { ...process.env, GSTACK_HOME: gstackHome },
+    env: { GSTACK_HOME: gstackHome },
-    encoding: 'utf-8',
-    timeout: 60000,
     maxBuffer: 16 * 1024 * 1024, // the truncation test streams 3MB through the wrapper
   });
-  return { status: r.status ?? 1, stdout: r.stdout ?? '', stderr: r.stderr ?? '' };
 }
 
 function ledgerFile(): string {

test/explain-level-config.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'bun:test';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
-import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
+
+import { runBin } from './helpers/run-bin';
 
 const ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..');
 const BIN_CONFIG = path.join(ROOT, 'bin', 'gstack-config');
@@ -28,19 +29,9 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 function run(...args: string[]): { stdout: string; stderr: string; status: number } {
-  // gstack-config precedence is `${GSTACK_HOME:-${GSTACK_STATE_DIR:-$HOME/.gstack}}`,
+  // runBin's gstackHome sets GSTACK_HOME + GSTACK_STATE_DIR together — the
-  // so GSTACK_HOME from the developer's parent env wins over the test's
+  // config-precedence isolation this file used to document by hand.
-  // GSTACK_STATE_DIR. Override both to isolate from the real ~/.gstack.
+  return runBin(BIN_CONFIG, args, { gstackHome: tmpHome, cwd: ROOT, trim: true });
-  const res = spawnSync(BIN_CONFIG, args, {
-    env: { ...process.env, GSTACK_STATE_DIR: tmpHome, GSTACK_HOME: tmpHome },
-    encoding: 'utf-8',
-    cwd: ROOT,
-  });
-  return {
-    stdout: (res.stdout ?? '').trim(),
-    stderr: (res.stderr ?? '').trim(),
-    status: res.status ?? -1,
-  };
 }
 
 describe('gstack-config explain_level', () => {