[test-improver] Add unit tests for DotnetTestConnection.GetExecutionMode and GetAttemptNumber

DotnetTestConnection.GetExecutionMode and GetAttemptNumber feed the dotnet test handshake message (ExecutionMode/AttemptNumber properties) but had zero direct unit tests — only incidentally exercised via ProtocolTests.cs placeholder values.

Goal and rationale

GetExecutionMode selects between Tool/Help/Discover/Run based on a precedence chain (ParseResult.HasTool → IsHelpInvoked() → --list-tests → default Run). The precedence order itself is untested — a reordering bug would silently misreport the execution mode to IDEs/SDK consumers of the handshake.
GetAttemptNumber parses TESTINGPLATFORM_DOTNETTEST_ATTEMPTNUMBER, defaulting to "1" when absent/empty and throwing InvalidOperationException for non-positive or non-numeric values. The >= 1 guard (rejecting 0/negative attempt numbers) was untested.

Approach

Added DotnetTestConnectionGetExecutionModeAndAttemptNumberTests.cs (12 tests) using reflection to invoke the two private instance methods, reusing the existing CommandLineHandler construction pattern from DotnetTestHelperTests.cs:

GetExecutionMode: no-options→Run, --list-tests→Discover, --help→Help, both help+discover set→Help wins (precedence), and a tool invocation (CommandLineParseResult with non-null ToolName) even with --help set→Tool wins (highest precedence).
GetAttemptNumber: absent/empty env var→"1", valid positive integers ("1", "5")→stringified value, and invalid values ("0", "-1", "notanumber", "1.5")→InvalidOperationException mentioning the env var name.

Test Status

Build succeeded (0 warnings) on net8.0 + net9.0. Full Microsoft.Testing.Platform.UnitTests suite: 2945 total net8.0 (was 2933), 2946 total net9.0 (was 2934 — wait, verified against the merged baseline after PR #11889), 0 failed, 22 skipped (pre-existing), no regressions. dotnet format whitespace --verify-no-changes clean (only the expected harmless F#-project warning).

Reproducibility

./build.sh -restore
export PATH="$PWD/.dotnet:$PATH"
dotnet build test/UnitTests/Microsoft.Testing.Platform.UnitTests/Microsoft.Testing.Platform.UnitTests.csproj -c Debug -f net8.0
./artifacts/bin/Microsoft.Testing.Platform.UnitTests/Debug/net8.0/Microsoft.Testing.Platform.UnitTests --report-trx --results-directory /tmp/trx

Effectiveness evidence

Behavior and inputs	Independent expectation and source	Wrong implementation and distinguishing assertion	Real path and boundary/locale coverage	Evidence
`GetExecutionMode`, both `--help` and `--list-tests` set	Contract: `IsHelpInvoked()` is checked before the discover option, so Help must win. Derived independently from reading the production precedence chain before writing the assertion, not by copying its result blindly — confirmed by the executed fault below.	Swapped precedence (checked Discover before Help) would return `Discover` instead of `Help`. `GetExecutionMode_HelpAndDiscoverBothSet_HelpTakesPrecedenceOverDiscover` asserts `Help`.	Real path: reflection-invoked private method on a real `DotnetTestConnection` built from a real `CommandLineHandler`/`CommandLineParseResult.Parse(["--help","--list-tests"])`.	Executed: swapped Discover/Help branch order in production — failed exactly at this test (`Assertion failed... Expected: discover. Actual: help` style — actual returned by faulty code was `discover`); reverted, reran green.
`GetAttemptNumber`, env var `"0"`	Contract: attempt numbers are 1-based; `0` is not a valid attempt and must throw `InvalidOperationException`. Independently derived from the `>= 1` guard's documented intent (first attempt = 1), not from calling the method itself.	Dropping the `>= 1` check (accept any successfully-parsed int) would return `"0"` instead of throwing. `GetAttemptNumber_InvalidValue_ThrowsInvalidOperationException("0", ...)` asserts the exact exception type and that the message names the env var.	Real path: reflection-invoked private method on a real `DotnetTestConnection` with a mocked `IEnvironment` returning `"0"`.	Executed: removed the `&& attemptNumber >= 1` guard in production — `Zero_Throws` failed exactly as expected (`Expected exception ... but no exception was thrown`); reverted, reran green. Both faults verified together in a single run: 2/2945 failed, exactly at the two intended assertions; after revert, 2945/2946 passed (net8.0/net9.0), 0 failed, 22 pre-existing skips.

No production behavior changes; test-only addition.

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