build: batch file lists to avoid argument list too long errors

When a PR touches many packages, the affected tests/benchmarks CI
scripts collect all file paths into a single shell variable that can
exceed the OS ARG_MAX limit. Batch make invocations via xargs in the
shell scripts.

---
type: pre_commit_static_analysis_report
description: Results of running static analysis checks when committing changes.
report:
  - task: lint_filenames
    status: passed
  - task: lint_editorconfig
    status: passed
  - task: lint_markdown
    status: na
  - task: lint_package_json
    status: na
  - task: lint_repl_help
    status: na
  - task: lint_javascript_src
    status: na
  - task: lint_javascript_cli
    status: na
  - task: lint_javascript_examples
    status: na
  - task: lint_javascript_tests
    status: na
  - task: lint_javascript_benchmarks
    status: na
  - task: lint_python
    status: na
  - task: lint_r
    status: na
  - task: lint_c_src
    status: na
  - task: lint_c_examples
    status: na
  - task: lint_c_benchmarks
    status: na
  - task: lint_c_tests_fixtures
    status: na
  - task: lint_shell
    status: passed
  - task: lint_typescript_declarations
    status: passed
  - task: lint_typescript_tests
    status: na
  - task: lint_license_headers
    status: passed
---

Author: Planeshifter

.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_benchmarks/run

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #   LOG_FILE       Log file.
 #
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034,SC2153,SC2317
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034,SC2086,SC2153,SC2317
 
 # Ensure that the exit status of pipelines is non-zero in the event that at least one of the commands in a pipeline fails:
 set -o pipefail
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ main() {
 
 	# Run JS benchmarks:
 	if [ -n "${js_bench_files}" ]; then
-		make benchmark-javascript-files FILES="${js_bench_files}"
+		# Invoke make in batches to avoid "Argument list too long" errors:
+		printf '%s\n' ${js_bench_files} | xargs -s 65536 sh -c 'make benchmark-javascript-files FILES="$*"' _
 	else
 		echo 'No JavaScript benchmarks to run.' >&2
 	fi
@@ -172,7 +173,8 @@ main() {
 	fi
 
 	if [ -n "${c_bench_files}" ]; then
-		make benchmark-c-files FILES="${c_bench_files}"
+		# Invoke make in batches to avoid "Argument list too long" errors:
+		printf '%s\n' ${c_bench_files} | xargs -s 65536 sh -c 'make benchmark-c-files FILES="$*"' _
 	else
 		echo 'No C benchmarks to run.' >&2
 	fi

.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_tests/run

@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ main() {
 	files=$(echo "${files}" | grep -v '/fixtures/') || true
 
 	if [[ -n "${files}" ]]; then
-		make test-javascript-files-min FILES="${files}"
+		# Invoke make in batches to avoid "Argument list too long" errors
+		# when the total length of file paths exceeds OS limits:
+		printf '%s\n' ${files} | xargs -s 65536 sh -c 'make test-javascript-files-min FILES="$*"' _
 	fi
 
 	cleanup