v8.7.1

faf taf setup writes the test step for node:test and mocha, and installs Python test extras; colour follows FORCE_COLOR and stderr. 2362 tests.

Added

• faf taf setup writes the test step for node:test and mocha. The step runs your own test command (so pretest and posttest run) with a JUnit report added, and the receipt reads report.xml. node:test: when the test script, or one it hands over to, is a single node --test command; the reporters go in NODE_OPTIONS. mocha: when the test script itself is mocha; mocha's built-in xunit reporter, nothing installed. A script that picks its own reporter, runs after another command, or hands over to mocha still gets the placeholder. faf-taf-git 2.4.5 counts node:test reports with a describe test by test.
• Python: when pyproject.toml has a test, tests or dev extra in [project.optional-dependencies], the recipe installs it (pip install -e ".[test]"); a PEP 735 group of that name in [dependency-groups] is installed with pip install --group test. So pytest plugins are there. With poetry.lock, uv.lock or pdm.lock, a comment says to install dev dependencies with that tool. (setup.cfg is detected too, since 8.7.0.)

Changed

• faf taf setup pins faf-taf-git v2.4.5: a run where every test was skipped is recorded as SKIPPED, receipts say where they ran, and node:test reports with a describe are counted test by test.
• An option a faf taf form doesn't read gets a one-line note instead of being ignored in silence (faf taf setup --json). The faf taf deprecation note names faf taf receipts too.

Fixed

• FORCE_COLOR=0 or false turns colour off, even in a terminal; an empty FORCE_COLOR turns it on (Node's rule).
• Error messages are coloured only when stderr is a terminal: faf … 2>err.txt writes plain text.
• faf-cli's own CI: the receipt is printed from the ubuntu test run itself, not from a second run of the suite, so a flaky red ubuntu run can't be recorded as PASSED. The test matrix no longer cancels ubuntu when macOS fails first.
• The README badge shows the real passed count: 2332/2333 passing (1 skipped).