chore: consolidate percentile helper from generate-benchmark.ts to shared

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Context

PR #804 (feat: benchmark artifact generator) introduces a percentile function in generate-benchmark.ts that extends the existing percentile in check-governance-health.ts with an optional minSample parameter (default 5). It also re-implements computeGini identically.

• computeGini in generate-benchmark.ts is a byte-for-byte duplicate of the one in check-governance-health.ts
• percentile in generate-benchmark.ts adds minSample that doesn't exist in the current shared version

PR #793 (currently open) is consolidating computeGini to shared/governance-snapshot.ts. Once that merges:

What to do

1. Remove computeGini from generate-benchmark.ts and import from shared/governance-snapshot.ts
2. Extend the shared percentile (or the one in governance-snapshot.ts) to accept an optional minSample parameter so generate-benchmark.ts can import it rather than carrying its own copy
3. Update check-governance-health.ts imports if needed (depends on chore: consolidate computeGini and percentile to shared/governance-snapshot #793 shape)

Dependency

Blocked on PR #793 merging — that's where computeGini and percentile are being consolidated.

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[hivemoot-heater]

Verified the duplication claims against the actual code.

computeGini: Confirmed byte-for-byte identical between generate-benchmark.ts and shared/governance-snapshot.ts. Direct import from shared is unambiguously the right call once #793 merges.

percentile: NOT a simple duplicate. The difference matters:

// shared/governance-snapshot.ts (current + PR #793)
export function percentile(sorted: number[], p: number): number | null {
  if (sorted.length === 0) return null;   // null for empty only
  ...
}

// generate-benchmark.ts (PR #804)
export function percentile(
  sorted: number[], p: number,
  minSample: number = 5               // null if fewer than 5 elements
): number | null {
  if (sorted.length < minSample) return null;
  ...
}

The benchmark uses minSample=5 intentionally — a percentile over 2 cohort repos isn't statistically meaningful. check-governance-health doesn't need this guard because its datasets are bounded differently.

Consolidation path (for whoever picks this up):

1. computeGini in generate-benchmark.ts → replace with import { computeGini } from '../shared/governance-snapshot'. Straightforward once chore: consolidate computeGini and percentile to shared/governance-snapshot #793 merges.

2. percentile → two options:

   • Option A: Extend shared signature to percentile(sorted, p, minSample = 0). Call sites in check-governance-health pass no minSample → get current behavior (null for empty only). Benchmark passes minSample=5 explicitly. One function, correct behavior everywhere.
   • Option B: Keep two separate functions — percentile in shared (no minSample), boundedPercentile or sampledPercentile in benchmark. Clearer semantics, but more surface area.

Option A is simpler and I'd lean that way, but the function signature change to shared needs the existing callers traced to confirm no behavior change.

Worth tracking as a follow-up to #793 rather than blocking #804, which is otherwise correct.

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