[Feat] Enable pcov for nested PHP processes with YERD_COVER

[RichardAnderson]

What does this PR do?

The phpcover / phpcover shims and yerd coverage now export YERD_COVER=1, which the plain php / php shims honour by loading pcov for the PHP version they themselves resolve, so coverage survives a PATH hop into a child process (phpunit-watcher, #!/usr/bin/env php shebangs) and can be switched on directly with YERD_COVER=1 vendor/bin/phpunit-watcher watch.

Related issues

Closes #221

Type of change

• New feature

Platforms tested

• macOS
• Linux

Checklist

• cargo fmt --all --check passes
• cargo clippy --all-targets is clean
• cargo test passes
• Pure crates/modules still do no I/O (logic stays out of the OS edges)
• Docs updated if behaviour or CLI changed

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Coverage mode now propagates through PHP child processes, including PATH-resolved and cross-version executions.
  • Set YERD_COVER=1 exactly to enable coverage for supported PHP shims and inherited commands.
  • Coverage gracefully falls back to normal execution with a notice when pcov is unavailable or setup fails.

• Documentation

  • Expanded coverage guidance covering environment behavior, supported commands, version handling, inheritance, and failure modes.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The CLI shim now enables coverage only for YERD_COVER=1. Cover shims propagate this variable and generate version-specific cover.ini files. PHP re-entry preserves coverage across PATH hops, while unavailable pcov causes a diagnostic and clean execution.

Changes

Coverage propagation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
CLI coverage activation bin/yerd/src/cli_shim.rs	The CLI shim accepts only the exact value YERD_COVER=1. It selects a generated coverage configuration and falls back to the clean configuration after a preparation error.
Cover-shim propagation and preparation bin/yerd/src/cover_shim.rs, bin/yerd/src/shim.rs	The cover shim extracts coverage-INI preparation into prepare_cover_ini, exports YERD_COVER=1, and reports setup failures through the existing execution path. Legacy-version detection is available across the crate.
Coverage validation and documentation bin/yerd/tests/cover_shim_e2e.rs, docs/developer/binaries/yerd.md, docs/guide/code-coverage.md, docs/reference/cli/coverage.md	Tests cover plain-shim activation, PATH and version hops, environment state, and missing-pcov fallback. Documentation describes propagation, supported shims, exact-value handling, and failure modes.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 22124

The PR enables coverage propagation into nested PHP processes. One documentation link still points to an invalid fragment, so it should be corrected with owner awareness, but no actionable runtime or production risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CoverShim
  participant PHP
  participant CliShim
  CoverShim->>PHP: Set PHPRC and YERD_COVER=1
  PHP->>CliShim: Re-enter through a PATH-resolved php shim
  CliShim->>CliShim: Create the child-version cover.ini
  CliShim->>PHP: Execute with coverage configuration

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Possibly related PRs

• forjedio/yerd#6: Introduced the cover-shim coverage behavior extended by this change.
• forjedio/yerd#100: Added related PHPRC-based coverage propagation.
• forjedio/yerd#137: Shares the cover-shim implementation and end-to-end tests extended here.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes enabling PCOV for nested PHP processes through YERD_COVER.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description completes all template sections, identifies issue #221, lists testing platforms, and marks the required checks as complete.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #221 by enabling PCOV through YERD_COVER for nested PHP processes such as phpunit-watcher.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code, tests, and documentation changes directly support YERD_COVER coverage propagation and contain no unrelated scope.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

✨ Finishing Touches

📝 Generate docstrings

• Create stacked PR
• Commit on current branch

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch feat/pcov-via-env

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In `@docs/guide/code-coverage.md`:
- Line 25: Update the YERD_COVER heading fragment to preserve the underscore:
change the local link in docs/guide/code-coverage.md lines 25-25 and the
cross-document link in docs/reference/cli/coverage.md lines 80-80 to use
`#enabling-coverage-with-yerd_cover`.

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