[repo-assist] feat: add Kotlin cognitive complexity analyzer

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Summary

Adds full cognitive complexity analysis support for Kotlin (.kt files) — the first new language added since Java and Rust.

This fulfils a common user request (similar to the existing Ruby/new-language issue) and aligns well with the extension's VS Code target audience, many of whom work in Android/KMM codebases.

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What's New

New Analyzer (src/metricsAnalyzer/languages/kotlinAnalyzer.ts)

A complete KotlinMetricsAnalyzer class modelled after the Java analyzer, using tree-sitter-kotlin 0.3.8 (already compatible with our tree-sitter 0.21.1 core).

Complexity constructs counted:

Construct	Node type	Increment
if expression	if_expression	+1 + nesting
else if branch	(flat)	+1
else branch	(flat)	+1
for loop	for_statement	+1 + nesting
while loop	while_statement	+1 + nesting
do-while loop	do_while_statement	+1 + nesting
when expression	when_expression	+1 + nesting
catch block	catch_block	+1 + nesting
Lambda literal	lambda_literal	+1 + nesting
&& chain (outermost)	conjunction_expression	+1
|| chain (outermost)	disjunction_expression	+1

Method naming: ClassName.functionName for class members; bare name for top-level functions.

Key implementation notes:

• Kotlin's else branch is wrapped in control_structure_body; the visit() method propagates skipSelfIncrement through this transparent wrapper to correctly handle else-if chains.
• &&/|| deduplication: only the outermost node in a chain counts (same approach as the Java analyzer).
• tree-sitter-kotlin doesn't expose named fields for function_declaration; names are extracted via simple_identifier positional child.

Registration

• metricsAnalyzerFactory.ts: registered under the "kotlin" language ID
• package.json: onLanguage:kotlin activation event, tree-sitter-kotlin@0.3.8 in allowScripts, kotlin keyword

Tests (src/unit/unit.test.ts)

10 new Kotlin tests: simple function, if-else, else-if chains, when expression, for+nested if nesting, catch, binary &&, chained && deduplication, class method qualification, and factory integration.

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Test Status

npm run compile  ✅  (0 errors)
npm run lint     ✅  (0 warnings)
npm run test:unit  ✅  137 passing, 0 failing (was 132 before this PR)

Kotlin analyzer coverage: 99.1% statements, 85.7% branches

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Dependency Note

tree-sitter-kotlin@0.3.8 is already in package.json and package-lock.json. It has peer-dep tree-sitter: ^0.21.0, which matches our pinned tree-sitter: 0.21.1. No dependency conflicts.

Next Steps (if merged)

• Add a sample .kt file to samples/ for manual CodeLens testing
• Consider adding do-while, lambda, and || operator tests to reach higher branch coverage

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