test: replace busted with local harness

Replace the busted-based Lua test runner with a repo-local harness.

The new harness runs spec files directly under `nvim -ll`, ships its own
reporter and lightweight `luassert` shim, and keeps the helper/preload
flow used by the functional and unit test suites.

Keep the file boundary model shallow and busted-like by restoring `_G`,
`package.loaded`, `package.preload`, `arg`, and the process environment
between files, without carrying extra reset APIs or custom assertion
machinery.

Update the build and test entrypoints to use the new runner, add
black-box coverage for the harness itself, and drop the bundled
busted/luacheck dependency path.

AI-assisted: Codex

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_core/shared.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_core/shared.lua
index f390e3c1e9..5237063a8d 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_core/shared.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_core/shared.lua
@@ -64,6 +64,31 @@ function vim.deepcopy(orig, noref)
   return deepcopy(orig, not noref and {} or nil)
 end
 
+--- Returns a shallow copy of `orig`.
+---
+--- Non-table values are returned as-is. Table keys and values are copied by
+--- reference, and the original metatable is preserved. Use |vim.deepcopy()|
+--- for a recursive copy.
+---
+--- @nodoc
+--- @generic T
+--- @param orig T
+--- @return T
+function vim._copy(orig)
+  if type(orig) ~= 'table' then
+    return orig
+  end
+
+  --- @cast orig table<any,any>
+
+  local copy = {} --- @type table<any,any>
+  for k, v in pairs(orig) do
+    copy[k] = v
+  end
+
+  return setmetatable(copy, getmetatable(orig))
+end
+
 --- @class vim.gsplit.Opts
 --- @inlinedoc
 ---
@@ -678,6 +703,8 @@ local function deep_equal(left, right, seen)
     return false
   end
 
+  ---@cast left table<any, any>
+  ---@cast right table<any, any>
   seen = seen or {}
   local seen_left = seen[left]
   if seen_left and seen_left[right] ~= nil then