test: sibling projects inherit the loading project's args

ProjectArgs loads a chain app -> lib -> leaf of LocalProjects with --debug
and a project flag. lib, loaded without .args, has to see both, and so
does its own sibling, which takes the default one level further down.
Copies loaded with `.args = {}` and with an explicit list get nothing and
exactly that list. The GitProjectSpec default is checked on the spec
itself, since a GitProject would need a repository to clone. Without the
defaults, five of its checks fail.

ProjectDependency now also loads its consumer with a project flag: the
pragma dependency must still come back with no args. Without the explicit
`.args = {}` in the pragma path it gets the consumer's flag.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

project.cpp

@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ extern "C" Configuration CrafterBuildProject(std::span<const std::string_view> a
             .LinkFlag("-Wl,--export-dynamic").LinkFlag("-ldl");
         cfg.AddTest("ProjectDependency").Dependencies({ CrafterBuildLib.get() })
             .LinkFlag("-Wl,--export-dynamic").LinkFlag("-ldl");
+        cfg.AddTest("ProjectArgs").Dependencies({ CrafterBuildLib.get() })
+            .LinkFlag("-Wl,--export-dynamic").LinkFlag("-ldl");
         cfg.AddTest("Script").Dependencies({ CrafterBuildLib.get() })
             .LinkFlag("-Wl,--export-dynamic").LinkFlag("-ldl");
         cfg.AddTest("ConcurrentDependencyReset").Dependencies({ CrafterBuildLib.get() });

tests/ProjectArgs/fixture/app/project.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (C) 2026 Catcrafts®
+
+import std;
+import Crafter.Build;
+using namespace Crafter;
+
+// Loads the same sibling three ways: with its args left at their default,
+// with nothing forwarded, and with a list of its own. The test reads what
+// each copy received back out of cfg.dependencies.
+extern "C" Configuration CrafterBuildProject(std::span<const std::string_view> args) {
+    Configuration* inherited = LocalProject({ .projectFile = "../lib/project.cpp" });
+    Configuration* none = LocalProject({ .projectFile = "../lib/project.cpp", .args = {} });
+    Configuration* replaced = LocalProject({ .projectFile = "../lib/project.cpp", .args = { "--only" } });
+
+    Configuration cfg;
+    cfg.path = "./";
+    cfg.name = "app";
+    cfg.outputName = "app";
+    cfg.type = ConfigurationType::Executable;
+    ApplyStandardArgs(cfg, args);
+    cfg.dependencies = { inherited, none, replaced };
+    // GitProjectSpec takes the same default. Checked on the spec itself,
+    // since a GitProject would need a repository to clone.
+    const GitProjectSpec git{ .source = { .url = "unused" } };
+    const bool gitDefault = git.args == std::vector<std::string>(args.begin(), args.end());
+    cfg.compileFlags.push_back(gitDefault ? "-DGIT_DEFAULT=1" : "-DGIT_DEFAULT=0");
+    return cfg;
+}

tests/ProjectArgs/fixture/leaf/project.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (C) 2026 Catcrafts®
+
+import std;
+import Crafter.Build;
+using namespace Crafter;
+
+// The end of the chain: records what it was loaded with and nothing else.
+extern "C" Configuration CrafterBuildProject(std::span<const std::string_view> args) {
+    Configuration cfg;
+    cfg.path = "./";
+    cfg.name = "leaf";
+    cfg.outputName = "leaf";
+    cfg.type = ConfigurationType::LibraryStatic;
+    ApplyStandardArgs(cfg, args);
+    return cfg;
+}

tests/ProjectArgs/fixture/lib/project.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (C) 2026 Catcrafts®
+
+import std;
+import Crafter.Build;
+using namespace Crafter;
+
+// The middle of the chain. Its own sibling takes the default too, so
+// whatever this file was loaded with has to reach the leaf unchanged.
+extern "C" Configuration CrafterBuildProject(std::span<const std::string_view> args) {
+    Configuration* leaf = LocalProject({ .projectFile = "../leaf/project.cpp" });
+
+    Configuration cfg;
+    cfg.path = "./";
+    cfg.name = "lib";
+    cfg.outputName = "lib";
+    cfg.type = ConfigurationType::LibraryStatic;
+    ApplyStandardArgs(cfg, args);
+    cfg.dependencies = { leaf };
+    return cfg;
+}

tests/ProjectArgs/main.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (C) 2026 Catcrafts®
+
+import std;
+import Crafter.Build;
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+using namespace Crafter;
+
+// A GitProject or LocalProject without `.args` forwards the args of the
+// project file that declares it: both specs default their args to
+// ProjectArgs(). Before that default, every project.cpp with a sibling
+// dependency copied its span into a std::vector<std::string> for each spec,
+// and a spec that missed the copy built its sibling with none of the
+// project's flags: for the host while the project cross-compiled, and in
+// release while the project built --debug. The fixture is a chain
+// app -> lib -> leaf of LocalProjects; app also loads lib with an empty and
+// with a replaced list, and checks the GitProjectSpec default itself, which
+// a clone would need a repository for.
+namespace {
+    std::int32_t Failures = 0;
+
+    void Check(bool cond, std::string_view msg) {
+        if (!cond) {
+            std::println(std::cerr, "FAIL: {}", msg);
+            ++Failures;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // The single sibling lib and leaf declare, or nullptr.
+    const Configuration* OnlyDependency(const Configuration& cfg) {
+        return cfg.dependencies.size() == 1 ? cfg.dependencies[0] : nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
+int main() {
+    const fs::path installedHome = GetCrafterBuildHome();
+    if (!fs::exists(installedHome / "Crafter.Build.cppm")) {
+        std::println(std::cerr, "SKIP: no module sources at {}", installedHome.string());
+        return 77;
+    }
+
+    // Staged because LoadProject drops a build/ tree next to every project
+    // file it compiles.
+    const fs::path fixture = fs::current_path() / "tests" / "ProjectArgs" / "fixture";
+    const fs::path scratch = fs::temp_directory_path() / "crafter-build-project-args";
+    std::error_code ec;
+    fs::remove_all(scratch, ec);
+    fs::create_directories(scratch);
+    fs::copy(fixture, scratch, fs::copy_options::recursive);
+
+    Check(ProjectArgs().empty(), "no project args outside a project file");
+
+    // Loaded from the project's own directory, as crafter-build runs it: the
+    // fixture's LocalProject paths are relative to the working directory.
+    const fs::path cwd = fs::current_path();
+    fs::current_path(scratch / "app");
+    std::array<std::string_view, 2> args = { "--debug", "--flavor=x" };
+    const std::vector<std::string> flavor = { "--flavor=x" };
+    const std::vector<std::string> only = { "--only" };
+    try {
+        Configuration cfg = LoadProject("project.cpp", args);
+        Check(std::ranges::contains(cfg.compileFlags, "-DGIT_DEFAULT=1"), "a GitProjectSpec's args default to the project's own");
+        Check(cfg.dependencies.size() == 3, std::format("the project declared its three siblings (got {})", cfg.dependencies.size()));
+        if (cfg.dependencies.size() == 3) {
+            const Configuration& inherited = *cfg.dependencies[0];
+            const Configuration& none = *cfg.dependencies[1];
+            const Configuration& replaced = *cfg.dependencies[2];
+            Check(inherited.debug && inherited.projectArgs == flavor, std::format("a LocalProject without .args gets the project's args (debug {}, projectArgs {})", inherited.debug, inherited.projectArgs));
+            Check(!none.debug && none.projectArgs.empty(), std::format("`.args = {{}}` forwards nothing (debug {}, projectArgs {})", none.debug, none.projectArgs));
+            Check(!replaced.debug && replaced.projectArgs == only, std::format("an explicit list replaces the args rather than adding to them (debug {}, projectArgs {})", replaced.debug, replaced.projectArgs));
+            Check(&inherited != &none && &inherited != &replaced && &none != &replaced, "each list loads its own configuration");
+
+            // One sibling further down, the same default passes on what the
+            // middle project was given, not what the top one was.
+            const Configuration* inheritedLeaf = OnlyDependency(inherited);
+            Check(inheritedLeaf && inheritedLeaf->debug && inheritedLeaf->projectArgs == flavor, "the project's args reach its sibling's sibling");
+            const Configuration* noneLeaf = OnlyDependency(none);
+            Check(noneLeaf && !noneLeaf->debug && noneLeaf->projectArgs.empty(), "a sibling loaded with nothing passes nothing on");
+            const Configuration* replacedLeaf = OnlyDependency(replaced);
+            Check(replacedLeaf && !replacedLeaf->debug && replacedLeaf->projectArgs == only, "a sibling passes on the list it was given");
+        }
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        fs::current_path(cwd);
+        std::println(std::cerr, "FAIL: LoadProject threw: {}", e.what());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    fs::current_path(cwd);
+
+    Check(ProjectArgs().empty(), "no project args once the project file has returned");
+    return Failures > 0 ? 1 : 0;
+}

tests/ProjectDependency/main.cpp

@@ -115,6 +115,21 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         std::println(std::cerr, "FAIL: LoadProject threw: {}", e.what());
         return 1;
     }
+
+    // Host tooling gets none of the consumer's args, although a LocalProject
+    // spec defaults to them: the consumer's flags would split the tool's
+    // variant from every other consumer's, and its --target= would have the
+    // tool's project.cpp choose for the wrong triple.
+    try {
+        std::array<std::string_view, 1> flavored = { "--flavor=x" };
+        Configuration cfg = LoadProject(app, flavored);
+        const bool found = !cfg.dependencies.empty();
+        Check(found, "a consumer loaded with args still finds its pragma dependency");
+        if (found) Check(cfg.dependencies[0]->projectArgs.empty(), std::format("a pragma dependency is loaded without the consumer's args (got {})", cfg.dependencies[0]->projectArgs));
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        std::println(std::cerr, "FAIL: LoadProject with args threw: {}", e.what());
+        return 1;
+    }
     Check(fs::exists(appSo), "project.so was produced");
     if (!fs::exists(appSo)) return 1;
     const fs::file_time_type firstSo = fs::last_write_time(appSo);