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Closes https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/155769. This is a variant of the approach in https://github.com/flutter/engine/pull/52241, based on feedback from @jakemac53 and @jonahwilliams (who originally sped up `dart test` significantly by using `frontend_server` under the scenes: https://github.com/dart-lang/test/pull/1399), in short: ```gn # tools/engine_tool/BUILD.gn import("//flutter/build/dart/internal/gen_dartcli_call.gni") gen_dartcli_call("tests") { args = [ "test" ] cwd = "//flutter/tools/engine_tool" } ``` This stanza, when built (`ninja -C ../out/host_debug flutter/tools/engine_tool:tests`) generates the following file: ```sh # ../out/host_debug/gen/flutter/tools/engine_tool/tests set -e # Needed because if it is set, cd may print the path it changed to. unset CDPATH # Store the current working directory. prev_cwd=$(pwd) # Set a trap to restore the working directory. trap 'cd "$prev_cwd"' EXIT CD_PATH="/Users/matanl/Developer/engine/src/flutter/tools/engine_tool" if [ -n "$CD_PATH" ]; then cd "$CD_PATH" fi /Users/matanl/Developer/engine/src/flutter/prebuilts/macos-arm64/dart-sdk/bin/dart "test" ``` In turn, when executed (`../out/host_debug/gen/flutter/tools/engine_tool/tests`) it just runs `dart test`: ```sh flutter % ../out/host_debug/gen/flutter/tools/engine_tool/tests Building package executable... Built test:test. 00:00 +0: test/test_command_test.dart: test command executes test 00:00 +3: test/run_command_test.dart: run command invokes flutter run ... 00:00 +117: All tests passed! ``` There is no actual compilation performed by the tool (that is handled implicitly by `dart test`), and as a result neither a `depfile` is needed, nor generating a pre-compiled artifact like a snapshot or AOT elf/assembly. --- This work is incomplete, that is, we'd want to properly tag the executable so `et` can find it, and create a wrapper template (i.e. `dart_test`) that tightens things up a bit, but I wanted to show the work at this intermediate step to get feedback before moving forward. /cc @jonahwilliams, @jtmcdole as well.