test: add support for testing native binaries

- Update TestRig to support GEMINI_BINARY environment variable
- Add E2E smoke test job for native Linux binary
- Minimal addition that runs in parallel with existing tests

.github/workflows/e2e.yml

@@ -71,3 +71,24 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GEMINI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}
         run: npm run test:e2e
+
+  e2e-test-native-binary:
+    name: E2E Native Binary Smoke Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          cache: 'npm'
+      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@4bc047ad259df6fc24a6c9b0f9a0cb08cf17fbe5 # v2
+        with:
+          bun-version: '1.2.20'
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run bundle
+      - run: npm run build:binaries
+      - name: Smoke test native binary
+        env:
+          GEMINI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}
+          GEMINI_BINARY: ${{ github.workspace }}/bundle/binaries/gemini-cli-linux-x64
+        run: npm run test:integration:sandbox:none -- list_directory

integration-tests/test-helper.js

@@ -103,7 +103,14 @@ export function validateModelOutput(
 
 export class TestRig {
   constructor() {
-    this.bundlePath = join(__dirname, '..', 'bundle/gemini.js');
+    // Support testing native binaries via GEMINI_BINARY env variable
+    if (env.GEMINI_BINARY) {
+      this.binaryPath = env.GEMINI_BINARY;
+      this.isNativeBinary = true;
+    } else {
+      this.bundlePath = join(__dirname, '..', 'bundle/gemini.js');
+      this.isNativeBinary = false;
+    }
     this.testDir = null;
   }
 
@@ -162,7 +169,9 @@ export class TestRig {
   }
 
   run(promptOrOptions, ...args) {
-    let command = `node ${this.bundlePath} --yolo`;
+    let command = this.isNativeBinary 
+      ? `${this.binaryPath} --yolo`
+      : `node ${this.bundlePath} --yolo`;
     const execOptions = {
       cwd: this.testDir,
       encoding: 'utf-8',
@@ -185,9 +194,9 @@ export class TestRig {
     command += ` ${args.join(' ')}`;
 
     const commandArgs = parse(command);
-    const node = commandArgs.shift();
+    const executable = commandArgs.shift();
 
-    const child = spawn(node, commandArgs, {
+    const child = spawn(executable, commandArgs, {
       cwd: this.testDir,
       stdio: 'pipe',
     });