fix(#3898): a separator-shaped line in ## Gaps is skipped, not made an entry (#4057)

* test(#3898): a spaced-hyphen thematic break in ## Gaps is not an entry (failing first)

* fix(#3898): a separator-shaped line in ## Gaps is skipped, not made an entry

splitGapsEntriesCore's opener regex (/^(\s*)-\s/) matched a spaced
hyphen thematic break, fabricating a gap named '- -' with result
'unknown' — surfaced by audit-uat as an outstanding finding that
cannot be cleared by editing any entry, because there is no entry,
only the separator the author wrote for readability. Five shapes were
affected (- - -, -, and wider/indented variants); the unaffected ones
(---, ----, * * *, ___) were safe only by accident — the path never
matched them, not because it understood breaks.

A line whose content after the opening marker is solely hyphens and
whitespace (with at least one further hyphen) is now skipped entirely —
neither an opener nor a continuation. Deliberately option 2 from the
issue, not a full thematic-break concept: a break does not close the
Gaps list, entries after it keep parsing, and the deliberately-frozen
byte-for-byte Gaps behavior changes ONLY for documents carrying such a
separator (which previously produced a phantom). A real entry whose
truth begins with a hyphen (- truth: "-5 error budget...") is untouched
— its remainder contains non-hyphen characters.

* fix(#3898): review fold-ins — span-contiguous skip, property coverage

The skip is narrowed to where the phantom came from: a separator-shaped
line BETWEEN entries (nothing open, or it would open a top-level entry).
One landing strictly inside a live entry (indent > baseIndent) folds
back as a continuation line, so entry lines and the GapsEntrySpan agree
byte-for-byte — the span invariant and the #3805 ack writer's identity
re-verification both hold (the review traced the unconditional skip to
a match_verification_failed refusal in that corner). Adds the parser-
convention property test (arbitrary hyphen counts/indents/spacings) and
a span-contiguity pin.

* chore(#3898): changeset fragment (pr number backfilled after PR creation)

* chore(#3898): backfill changeset PR number (4057)

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Co-authored-by: sim <sim@local>
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@@ -2613,9 +2613,36 @@ function splitGapsEntriesCore(sectionBody: string): GapsEntrySpan[] {
}
};
// #3898: a spaced-hyphen thematic break (`- - -`, `- -`, `- - -`, …) is a
// SEPARATOR, not an entry. The opener regex below matches it (hyphen +
// whitespace), which fabricated a gap named `- -` with result 'unknown' —
// an item that cannot be cleared by editing any entry, because there is no
// entry, only the separator the author wrote deliberately. A line whose
// content after the opening marker consists solely of hyphens and spaces
// (with at least one further hyphen) is skipped entirely: it neither opens
// an entry nor is folded into the current one. This is deliberately NOT a
// full thematic-break concept (option 2 in the issue): a break does not
// close the Gaps list — entries after it keep parsing.
const isSeparatorShaped = (line: string, bulletPrefixLen: number): boolean => {
const remainder = line.slice(bulletPrefixLen);
return /^[-\s]*$/.test(remainder) && remainder.includes('-');
};
rawLines.forEach((rawLine, idx) => {
const line = rawLine.replace(/\r$/, '');
const bulletMatch = line.match(/^(\s*)-\s/);
// Narrowed skip (review disposition a): a separator-shaped line is skipped
// only when it sits BETWEEN entries (nothing open yet, or it would open a
// top-level entry — where the phantom came from). One landing strictly
// INSIDE a live entry (indent > baseIndent) folds back as a continuation
// line, so the entry's GapsEntrySpan stays byte-contiguous — the span
// invariant below and the ack writer's identity re-verification both hold.
if (
bulletMatch && isSeparatorShaped(line, bulletMatch[0].length) &&
(current === null || bulletMatch[1].length <= (baseIndent ?? 0))
) {
return; // separator line between entries — neither an opener nor a continuation
}
if (bulletMatch) {
const indent = bulletMatch[1].length;
if (baseIndent === null) baseIndent = indent;