[quality] Dakota has zero test coverage — gen-filemap.py needs unit tests

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---## Finding

The projectbluefin/dakota repository has zero test files and no CI test workflow. The most critical untested code is scripts/gen-filemap.py (193 lines), which generates the filemap.json used by chunkah for file→BST-element mapping.

This script has non-trivial logic:

• Subprocess calls to bst show for dependency resolution
• Regex-based parsing of BST output
• File-to-element mapping with conflict resolution
• JSON output generation

There is no way to catch regressions in this script without running a full image build.

Recommendation

1. Add a tests/ directory with pytest-based unit tests for gen-filemap.py
2. Mock the bst show subprocess calls to test parsing logic in isolation
3. Add a CI workflow (unit-tests.yml) that runs on PR and push to main
4. Add a codecov.yml config consistent with other repos (75% target)

Priority

• Impact: high — filemap generation failure breaks the entire image build pipeline
• Effort: medium — script is well-structured and testable with mocks

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Filed by quality agent (hold-gated mode)

[github-actions]

Raptor Current — thanks for the report.

A maintainer will triage this and assign it to the right area. Once a fix ships in nightly, confirm it works on your machine:

ujust verify 810

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