test: read a build program's output directory from resolution.json

mcpp 2026.10.10.1 gives each configuration and package its own build-program
output directory (`target/.build-mcpp/out/<configuration>/<package>`) and
records it as the root package's `outDir` in resolution.json (mcpp#778,
design 2026-10-10 §4). The checks that named `target/.build-mcpp/out` read it
through tests/out-dir.sh, which falls back to that path for an engine that
records none, so the collection measures the same on 2026.10.1.3.

Author: Sunrisepeak

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ jobs:
           # from one that does not; without the guard this is
           # `namespace default {` and the generated file does not parse.
           grep -q '^namespace default_ {' \
-            target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/shader_app.shaders.cppm \
+            $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/shader_app.shaders.cppm \
             || { echo "FAIL: the keyword directory did not get its trailing underscore"
-                 grep -n namespace target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/shader_app.shaders.cppm
+                 grep -n namespace $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/shader_app.shaders.cppm
                  exit 1; }
           # The point of the surface: a consumer names no generated file.
           if grep -rn 'scale_comp\.h\|\.inc"' src/; then
@@ -271,10 +271,10 @@ jobs:
           # manifest directory's leaf -- which is what this rule did before mcpp
           # 2026.9.7.1 gave build programs `mcpp::package_name()` -- would write
           # `spirv_module_consumer.shaders.cppm` and this test would find no file.
-          iface=target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/shader_app.shaders.cppm
+          iface=$(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/shader_app.shaders.cppm
           test -f "$iface" || {
             echo "FAIL: no module interface at $iface"
-            find target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv -name '*.cppm' -print
+            find $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv -name '*.cppm' -print
             exit 1; }
           grep -q '^export module shader_app.shaders;' "$iface"
           # The interface must name no standard-library type: one that does
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
           tar -xzf shaderc.tar.gz
           rm -rf target
           MCPP_GLSLC="$PWD/shaderc-2026.3/bin/glslc" "$MCPP" build
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/scale_comp.inc
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/scale_comp.inc
           MCPP_GLSLC="$PWD/shaderc-2026.3/bin/glslc" "$MCPP" run | tee run-glslc.log
           grep -q '^magic=07230203' run-glslc.log
           rm -rf shaderc.tar.gz shaderc-2026.3
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ jobs:
           # TWO declarations, and the directory is in the second one's name.
           # A build that collapsed them would also produce a working binary, so
           # the criterion is the generated names rather than the run.
-          d=target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv
+          d=$(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv
           find "$d" -name '*.h' | sort | sed 's/^/  /'
           grep -rq 'scale_comp_spv' "$d" || {
             echo "FAIL: the top-level shader lost its declaration"; exit 1; }
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ jobs:
           grep -q '^all ok' run.log
           # Neither artefact is written by hand.
           test ! -f include/island_interface.kernels.h
-          d=target/.build-mcpp/out/island
+          d=$(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/island
           grep -q 'extern "C" {' "$d/island_interface.kernels.h"
           # THE MODULE NAME AND THE NAMESPACE ARE ONE IDENTIFIER PATH, which is
           # the rule docs/42 states for both lanes and the one this generator
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: the same boundary and the same names, from the half the build selected
         working-directory: tests/island-interface
         run: |
-          d=target/.build-mcpp/out/island
+          d=$(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/island
           cp "$d/island_interface.kernels.cppm" /tmp/device-leg.cppm
           rm -rf target
           "$MCPP" build --no-accel > cpu.log 2>&1 || {
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: reorganising a root that does not supply the shape renames nothing
         working-directory: tests/island-interface
         run: |
-          d=target/.build-mcpp/out/island
+          d=$(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/island
           cp "$d/island_interface.kernels.cppm" /tmp/before-move.cppm
           mkdir -p src/cpu/deep && mv src/cpu/ops.c src/cpu/deep/ops.c
           rm -rf target
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: a new island file reaches the boundary with nothing else touched
         working-directory: tests/island-interface
         run: |
-          d=target/.build-mcpp/out/island
+          d=$(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/island
           rm -rf target && "$MCPP" build > base.log 2>&1
           before=$(grep -c '^using ::' "$d/island_interface.kernels.cppm")
           mkdir -p src/kernels/audio
@@ -781,16 +781,16 @@ jobs:
           grep -q '^all ok' run.log
           # The bytes are a section, so the compiler never saw a C array: the
           # payload is a bare `.spv` and an `.S` names it with `.incbin`.
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/scale_comp.spv
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/spirv_object_storage.shaders.payload.S
-          grep -q '\.incbin' target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/spirv_object_storage.shaders.payload.S
-          if ls target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/*.inc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/scale_comp.spv
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/spirv_object_storage.shaders.payload.S
+          grep -q '\.incbin' $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/spirv_object_storage.shaders.payload.S
+          if ls $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/*.inc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "FAIL: object storage still produced a C initialiser list"
             exit 1
           fi
           # `pCode` wants four-byte alignment and a section directive alone does
           # not promise it.
-          grep -q '\.balign 4' target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/spirv_object_storage.shaders.payload.S
+          grep -q '\.balign 4' $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/spirv_object_storage.shaders.payload.S
           echo "ok: the payload is a section, not generated source"
 
       - name: rules-spirv with sidecar storage
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ jobs:
           "$MCPP" run | tee run.log
           grep -q '^magic=07230203' run.log
           grep -q '^all ok' run.log
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/scale_comp.spv
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/scale_comp.spv
           # THE REVERSE LEG, AND IT IS THE POINT OF THIS STORAGE. The accessor
           # opens a path relative to the working directory, so the program finds
           # its shaders from the package root and must not from anywhere else.
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
           grep -q '^export module slang_consumer.shaders;' \
-            target/.build-mcpp/out/slang/slang_consumer.shaders.cppm
+            $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/slang/slang_consumer.shaders.cppm
           echo "ok: a Slang shader reached through the same surface as a GLSL one"
 
       # THE NEGATIVE LEG. A `per_file` key that names no shader must refuse the
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ jobs:
           "$MCPP" run | tee run.log
           grep -q '^magic=07230203' run.log
           grep -q '^all ok' run.log
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/slang/scale.spv
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/slang/scale.spv
           if grep -q 'source-embed' target/*/*/build.ninja; then
             echo "FAIL: sidecar storage still asked slangc to embed"; exit 1
           fi
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ jobs:
           # `key_kind::relative_path` and `element::word32` -- and `head -1`
           # picked one by directory order, so the check was asserting about a
           # file nothing chose.
-          mapfile -t headers < <(find target/.build-mcpp/out -name '*.h' | sort)
+          mapfile -t headers < <(find $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh") -name '*.h' | sort)
           [ "${#headers[@]}" -gt 0 ] || { echo "FAIL: no generated header"; exit 1; }
           echo "checking ${#headers[@]} generated header(s)"
           for h in "${headers[@]}"; do
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: tests/hip-consumer
         run: |
           "$MCPP" build
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/saxpy.hip.o
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/saxpy.hip.o
           "$MCPP" build --no-accel
           "$MCPP" run --no-accel | tee run.log
           grep -q '^12 24 36 48' run.log
@@ -1437,8 +1437,8 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: tests/sycl-consumer
         run: |
           "$MCPP" build
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/saxpy.sycl.o
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/sycl_device_link.o
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/saxpy.sycl.o
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/sycl_device_link.o
           "$MCPP" build --no-accel
           "$MCPP" run --no-accel | tee run.log
           grep -q '^12 24 36 48' run.log
@@ -1536,9 +1536,9 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: tests/multi-rule-consumer
         run: |
           "$MCPP" build
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/saxpy.cu.o
-          test -f target/.build-mcpp/out/spirv/scale_comp.h
-          test ! -f target/.build-mcpp/out/scale.cu.o
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/saxpy.cu.o
+          test -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/spirv/scale_comp.h
+          test ! -f $(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/scale.cu.o
           "$MCPP" run --no-accel | tee run.log
           grep -q '^magic=(no shader in this build)' run.log
           grep -q '^12 24 36 48' run.log
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ jobs:
           "$MCPP" run | tee run.log
           grep -q '^out\[0\]=6 out\[1\]=12 out\[2\]=18 out\[3\]=24' run.log
           grep -q '^all ok' run.log
-          d=target/.build-mcpp/out/island
+          d=$(sh "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/out-dir.sh")/island
           # The namespace is the path from the layout root to the file, so this
           # is the assertion a separator mistake fails.
           grep -q '^export namespace island_interface::kernels {' \

tests/apk-consumer-libraries/check-apk-libraries.sh

@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ grep -q "android.permission.VIBRATE" libs-perm1.log || fail "the library's permi
 grep -q "android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" libs-perm1.log || fail "the archive's permission was not merged" libs-perm1.log
 grep -q "android.permission.CAMERA" libs-perm1.log && fail "the permission the application removed is in the package" libs-perm1.log
 grep -q 'org.mcpp.apklibs.lib.FLAVOUR' libs-xml1.log || fail "the library's meta-data was not merged" libs-xml1.log
-grep -q 'tools' target/.build-mcpp/out/dist-apk/AndroidManifest.xml \
-    && fail "the merged manifest still carries a tools: attribute" target/.build-mcpp/out/dist-apk/AndroidManifest.xml
+merged="$(sh "$(dirname "$0")/../out-dir.sh")/dist-apk/AndroidManifest.xml"
+grep -q 'tools' "$merged" \
+    && fail "the merged manifest still carries a tools: attribute" "$merged"
 echo "ok: the manifest merges the library's and the archive's permissions and meta-data, drops the removed one, and keeps no tools: attribute"
 
 "$JAR" tf "$apk" > libs-list1.log

tests/apk-consumer/check-apk-features.sh

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rm -rf target
 unset APK_CONSUMER_TEMPLATE APK_CONSUMER_LEVEL1 || true
 "$MCPP" build --target "$TARGET" > build-a.log 2>&1 || fail "build failed" build-a.log
 "$MCPP" pack --format apk --target "$TARGET" > pack-a.log 2>&1 || fail "pack failed" pack-a.log
-MANIFEST=target/.build-mcpp/out/dist-apk/AndroidManifest.xml
+MANIFEST="$(sh "$(dirname "$0")/../out-dir.sh")/dist-apk/AndroidManifest.xml"
 cmp fixtures/expected-manifest-level0-0.8.0.xml "$MANIFEST" \
     || fail "level 0's manifest is not byte-identical to 0.8.0's" "$MANIFEST" fixtures/expected-manifest-level0-0.8.0.xml
 echo "ok: level 0 with no template renders 0.8.0's manifest byte-for-byte"

tests/metal-consumer/check-metal.sh

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ reading metal-version "$(xcrun --sdk macosx metal --version 2>&1 | head -1)"
 # ── 1. three libraries beside the program ─────────────────────────────────
 echo "== 1. the shaders compile to Metal libraries the program finds =="
 "$MCPP" build > metal-build.log 2>&1 || fail "mcpp build failed" metal-build.log
-gen=target/.build-mcpp/out/metal
+gen="$(sh "$(dirname "$0")/../out-dir.sh")/metal"
 for name in scale tint tint_red; do
     [ -f "$gen/$name.air" ] || fail "no $gen/$name.air" metal-build.log
     [ -f "$gen/$name.metallib" ] || fail "no $gen/$name.metallib" metal-build.log

tests/out-dir.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Where `mcpp::out_dir()` pointed in the newest build of the package in the
+# current directory. mcpp 2026.10.10.1 and later give each configuration its own
+# output directory and record it as the root package's `outDir` in
+# resolution.json; earlier engines use target/.build-mcpp/out.
+r=$(ls -t target/*/*/resolution.json 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+if [ -n "$r" ]; then
+    py=$(command -v python3 || command -v python)
+    d=$("$py" -c 'import json, sys
+for p in json.load(open(sys.argv[1])).get("graph", {}).get("packages", []):
+    if p.get("root"):
+        print(p.get("outDir", ""))
+        break' "$r" 2>/dev/null)
+    if [ -n "$d" ]; then
+        echo "$d"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+fi
+echo "target/.build-mcpp/out"