Implement forest-cli evm deploy and forest-cli evm call

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Summary of changes

Changes introduced in this pull request:

Reference issue to close (if applicable)

Closes #7471

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Change checklist

• I have performed a self-review of my own code,
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation. All new code adheres to the team's documentation standards,
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works (if possible),
• I have made sure the CHANGELOG is up-to-date. All user-facing changes should be reflected in this document.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added forest-cli evm deploy for deploying EVM contracts from bytecode files or hexadecimal input.
  • Added forest-cli evm call for executing Ethereum calls against the latest block.
  • Deployment now reports actor and contract address details and can wait for execution results.

• Devnet & Testing

  • Updated Ethereum devnet workflows to use Forest’s EVM deployment and calling commands directly.
  • Added coverage for deploying and calling EVM contracts.

• Documentation

  • Added CLI help documentation and an unreleased changelog entry for the new EVM commands.

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Walkthrough

Forest adds evm deploy and evm call commands. Deployment supports file or hex init code, message execution, receipt validation, and address output. Devnet tests now deploy through Forest, import Lotus wallets, wait for actor visibility, and validate contract calls.

Changes

EVM CLI and devnet integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
EVM CLI entry points src/cli/subcommands/mod.rs, docs/docs/users/reference/cli.sh, CHANGELOG.md	The CLI registers evm, deploy, and call. Help generation and the unreleased changelog include the new commands.
EVM deployment and call operations src/cli/subcommands/evm_cmd.rs	Deployment reads and decodes init code, submits an EAM creation message, validates execution, and prints actor details. Calls execute against the latest block and print encoded results or errors.
Devnet deployment and validation src/dev/subcommands/devnet_cmd/*, src/dev/subcommands/tests_cmd/helpers.rs	Devnet helpers import Lotus wallets, deploy bytecode through Forest, parse deployment addresses, wait for actor visibility, and validate an EVM contract call.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 536b3

The change adds EVM deploy and call commands with no actionable merge-blocking risk remaining; only a minor documentation follow-up is noted.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DevnetTest
  participant forest-cli
  participant Forest
  participant Lotus
  DevnetTest->>Lotus: Fund and confirm sender
  DevnetTest->>Forest: Import Lotus wallet
  DevnetTest->>forest-cli: Deploy hex bytecode
  forest-cli->>Forest: Submit EAM creation message
  Forest-->>forest-cli: Return deployment address
  DevnetTest->>Forest: Wait for deployed actor
  DevnetTest->>Lotus: Wait for deployed actor
  DevnetTest->>forest-cli: Call deployed contract
  forest-cli->>Forest: Execute latest-block Ethereum call
  Forest-->>forest-cli: Return encoded result
  forest-cli-->>DevnetTest: Report call result

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Suggested reviewers: lesnyrumcajs, akaladarshi

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 39.13% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 23 functions across 6 files. (1 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the two primary changes: implementing forest-cli evm deploy and forest-cli evm call.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The pull request implements forest-cli evm deploy, adds forest-cli evm call, and updates devnet tests to use Forest EVM commands instead of Lotus commands, satisfying the objectives in issue #7471…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changelog, CLI documentation, EVM command implementation, and test helper updates are directly related to issue #7471. No unrelated code changes are evident.

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Explanation

The pull request implements forest-cli evm deploy, adds forest-cli evm call, and updates devnet tests to use Forest EVM commands instead of Lotus commands, satisfying the objectives in issue #7471.

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Docstring coverage is 39.13% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 23 functions across 6 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

src/cli/subcommands/evm_cmd.rs (1)

54-54: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a doc comment to EvmCommands::run.

EvmCommands::run is public and has no doc comment. Document that it executes the selected EVM command through the RPC client.

Proposed change

 impl EvmCommands {
+    /// Run the selected EVM command through the RPC client.
     pub async fn run(self, client: rpc::Client) -> anyhow::Result<()> {

As per coding guidelines, “Document public functions and structs with doc comments.”

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In `@src/cli/subcommands/evm_cmd.rs` at line 54, Add a Rust doc comment
immediately above the public EvmCommands::run method, stating that it executes
the selected EVM command through the provided RPC client.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/cli/subcommands/evm_cmd.rs`:
- Line 54: Add a Rust doc comment immediately above the public EvmCommands::run
method, stating that it executes the selected EVM command through the provided
RPC client.

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• CHANGELOG.md
• docs/docs/users/reference/cli.sh
• src/cli/subcommands/evm_cmd.rs
• src/cli/subcommands/mod.rs
• src/dev/subcommands/devnet_cmd/eth_gas.rs
• src/dev/subcommands/devnet_cmd/eth_skip_sender.rs
• src/dev/subcommands/tests_cmd/helpers.rs

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