add regression test for #61216

src/test/run-make-fulldeps/rustdoc-determinism/Makefile

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+-include ../tools.mk
+
+# Assert that the search index is generated deterministically, regardless of the
+# order that crates are documented in.
+
+# ignore-windows
+# Uses `diff`.
+
+all:
+	$(RUSTDOC) foo.rs -o $(TMPDIR)/foo_first
+	$(RUSTDOC) bar.rs -o $(TMPDIR)/foo_first
+
+	$(RUSTDOC) bar.rs -o $(TMPDIR)/bar_first
+	$(RUSTDOC) foo.rs -o $(TMPDIR)/bar_first
+
+	diff $(TMPDIR)/foo_first/search-index.js $(TMPDIR)/bar_first/search-index.js

src/test/run-make-fulldeps/rustdoc-determinism/bar.rs

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+pub struct Bar;

src/test/run-make-fulldeps/rustdoc-determinism/foo.rs

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+pub struct Foo;