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When Butane reads from stdin and hits a read error, it prints the OS file name (/dev/stdin on Linux) instead of the friendly <stdin> label used everywhere else in the error output.

This ports the fix into the merged Ignition tree (it came up as coreos/butane#726, fixed in butane PR #728, and now lives under #2281). Input reading is now a readInput helper that returns the data, the friendly filename, and any error, so the read failure reports <stdin> consistently with the rest of the report.

Added butane/internal/main_test.go covering stdin, empty stdin, a file, and a missing file.

Fixes #2281

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Butane now centralizes stdin and file reading in readInput. The helper preserves source names, closes opened files, and returns contextual errors. Tests cover stdin read errors, files, empty input, and missing files. Release notes document the <stdin> error name.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Reader implementation and CLI integration
butane/internal/main.go
readInput handles stdin and file input, preserves the source name, closes opened files, and returns contextual errors. main reports errors from the helper.
Input behavior tests and release note
butane/internal/main_test.go, docs/release-notes.md
Tests cover stdin read errors, empty input, existing files, and missing files. The release note documents <stdin> instead of /dev/stdin in stdin read errors.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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The input error now consistently identifies stdin as <stdin>, with covered file and stdin behavior. No merge-blocking issue is identified.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title follows the required format. It uses the subsystem prefix "butane:", an imperative lowercase description, and no trailing period. It accurately describes the stdin error-reporting change.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the stdin read-error fix, the readInput refactor, the added tests, and the linked issue.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy #2281. readInput assigns <stdin> for stdin and uses that filename in read errors. File input retains the provided path. main reports the helper error, and tests cover stdin r…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within #2281. The input-reading helper, focused tests, cleanup checks, and release-note entry support the stdin error-reporting fix. No unrelated implementation change is shown.
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butane/internal/main_test.go (1)

23-128: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a stdin read-error assertion.

The test does not exercise the io.ReadAll error branch. It only tests successful stdin reads and named-file open failure.

Add a closed os.Stdin case. Assert that the error contains failed to read <stdin>. This verifies the behavior documented in docs/release-notes.md line 22.

Proposed test update
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		setup    func(t *testing.T) (input string, cleanup func())
-		wantData []byte
-		wantErr  bool
+		name        string
+		setup       func(t *testing.T) (input string, cleanup func())
+		wantData    []byte
+		wantErr     bool
+		wantErrText string
 	}{
+		{
+			name: "stdin read error",
+			setup: func(t *testing.T) (string, func()) {
+				orig := os.Stdin
+				tmp, err := os.CreateTemp("", "butane-stdin-closed")
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to create temp file: %v", err)
+				}
+				os.Stdin = tmp
+				if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("failed to close temp file: %v", err)
+				}
+				return "", func() {
+					os.Stdin = orig
+					os.Remove(tmp.Name())
+				}
+			},
+			wantErr:     true,
+			wantErrText: "failed to read <stdin>",
+		},
 		// existing cases
 	}
 
 	// existing loop
 	if tt.wantErr {
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expected error, got nil")
 		}
+		if tt.wantErrText != "" && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tt.wantErrText) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected error containing %q, got %q", tt.wantErrText, err)
+		}
 	}
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In `@butane/internal/main_test.go` around lines 23 - 128, Extend TestReadInput
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43-61: LGTM!

Also applies to: 133-135

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line 48: Error return value of `tmp.Close` is not checked
line 49: Error return value of `os.Remove` is not checked
line 69: Error return value of `tmp.Close` is not checked
line 70: Error return value of `os.Remove` is not checked

I think we just need a Rebase onto main for tmt-tests
And address the issues around lint violations

Otherwise this lgtm

The stdin read error used infile.Name(), which is "/dev/stdin" on Linux,
instead of the already-computed friendly filename ("<stdin>"). Refactor
input reading into readInput() and report the friendly name on read
failures.

Fixes coreos#2281
Addresses coreos/butane#726

Signed-off-by: Deepak Bhagat <deepak988088@gmail.com>
The errcheck linter flags the unchecked Close and Remove calls in the
TestReadInput cleanup closures. Surface those errors via the test logger
so the cleanup fails loudly instead of being silently dropped.

Signed-off-by: Deepak Bhagat <deepak988088@gmail.com>
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In `@butane/internal/main_test.go`:
- Around line 23-136: Extend TestReadInput with a stdin read-error case that
assigns a closed *os.File to os.Stdin, calls readInput with an empty input path,
and asserts the error contains “failed to read <stdin>:”. Preserve proper stdin
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Done — rebased onto main (tmt-tests now clean) and fixed the lint violations in TestReadInput: tmp.Close() and os.Remove() in both cleanup closures now check and surface their errors via t.Errorf, so errcheck stops flagging them. Tests pass locally. Pushed as 7cf336f5 on top of the rebase.

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Rebased onto main to clear the merge conflict in docs/release-notes.md (kept both the symlink fix entry from main and this PR's entry). Force-pushed as 7cf336f.

Add a regression test that assigns a closed *os.File to os.Stdin and
calls readInput with an empty input path, asserting the wrapped error
contains the friendly <stdin> name. This exercises the io.ReadAll error
path that the existing cases did not cover.

Signed-off-by: Deepak Bhagat <deepak988088@gmail.com>
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bug: stdin read error message uses wrong name

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