[tests] Document dict-style packages requirement for batch grouping (#17420)

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Jesse Hills
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When a PR's only edits to a component are `validate.*.yaml` files (no source changes, no `test.*.yaml` changes, and the component isn't pulled in as a dependency of another changed component), CI skips the compile stage for that component entirely and only runs config validation. This is decided in `script/determine-jobs.py` via `_component_change_is_validate_only` and surfaced as the `validate_only_components` output that the `test-build-components-split` job consumes.
* **Test Grouping with Packages:** Components that use shared bus packages can be grouped together in CI to reduce build count. **Never define buses (uart, i2c, spi, modbus) directly in test YAML files** — always use packages from `test_build_components/common/`:
* **Test Grouping with Packages:** Components that use shared bus packages can be grouped together in CI to reduce build count. **Never define buses (uart, i2c, spi, modbus) directly in test YAML files** — always use packages from `test_build_components/common/`.
All includes in test files must go through dict-style `packages:` so that batch grouping works correctly — the grouping scripts only understand dict-style packages. Never use list-style packages (`packages: [- !include ...]`) or top-level merge keys (`<<: !include common.yaml`). Bus packages are keyed by the bus name; the component's `common.yaml` is keyed by the component name (e.g. `cst328: !include common.yaml`):
```yaml
# test.esp32-idf.yaml — use packages for buses
# test.esp32-idf.yaml — everything included via named packages
packages:
uart: !include ../../test_build_components/common/uart_115200/esp32-idf.yaml
<<: !include common.yaml
my_component: !include common.yaml
```
```yaml
# common.yaml — component config only, NO bus definitions
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## How It Works
### Component Test Structure
Each component test includes the common bus config:
Each component test includes the common bus config and its own `common.yaml` through dict-style `packages:`. Always use packages for every include — the grouping scripts only understand dict-style packages, so list-style packages or top-level `<<:` merge keys prevent correct batch grouping. Key the bus package by the bus name and the component's `common.yaml` by the component name:
```yaml
# tests/components/bh1750/test.esp32-idf.yaml
packages:
i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp32-idf.yaml
<<: !include common.yaml
bh1750: !include common.yaml
```
The common config provides: