Reduce cognitive complexity in history-overlay component

Resolved 💬 0 comments Opened Apr 19, 2025 by dchrty Closed Apr 21, 2025

Problem

The buildLists function in history-overlay.tsx has high cognitive complexity due to:

  • Multiple nested conditionals for handling different types of commands
  • Complex string manipulation and path extraction
  • Mixed responsibilities (command processing, file extraction, text formatting)
  • Limited test coverage for edge cases

Proposed Solution

Refactor the code to:

  1. Split the complex buildLists function into smaller, focused helper functions
  2. Improve test coverage with comprehensive test cases
  3. Maintain the same functionality while making the code more maintainable

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