chore: remove cargo-dist, use native fetch for npm installer

[jpoehnelt]

Summary

Removes cargo-dist entirely and replaces it with:

• Custom GitHub Actions release workflow — standard matrix cross-compilation for all 7 targets
• Zero-dependency npm installer — uses native Node 18+ fetch() instead of axios

Changes

File	Change
dist-workspace.toml	Deleted — cargo-dist config
npm/package.json	New — zero runtime dependencies
npm/install.js	New — native fetch binary downloader
npm/platform.js	New — OS/arch detection with musl fallback
npm/run.js	New — bin wrapper
.github/workflows/release.yml	Rewritten — no cargo-dist
scripts/version-sync.sh	Updated — syncs version into npm/package.json

Removed npm dependencies

• axios
• axios-proxy-builder
• rimraf
• detect-libc
• console.table

Testing

On PRs, the release workflow runs the full build matrix (dry-run) without creating releases or publishing.

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request modernizes the release and installation process for the CLI by removing reliance on third-party distribution tools. By implementing a custom, zero-dependency installer and a native GitHub Actions workflow, the project reduces its dependency footprint and gains more control over the distribution pipeline.

Highlights

• Removal of cargo-dist: Completely removed cargo-dist configuration and associated workflows, replacing them with a custom GitHub Actions release pipeline.
• Zero-dependency npm installer: Implemented a new npm installer that utilizes native Node.js fetch (Node 18+) to download binaries, eliminating runtime dependencies like axios and rimraf.
• Cross-platform support: Added robust OS/architecture detection with musl fallback to ensure the CLI works across all supported platforms.

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  • .github/workflows/release.yml

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Code Review

This pull request replaces the cargo-dist release pipeline with a custom GitHub Actions workflow and a zero-dependency npm installer that utilizes native Node.js fetch. Key changes include the addition of scripts for platform-specific binary installation and execution, as well as updates to the version synchronization process. Feedback indicates that the wrapper script's exit status handling needs to account for signal-based termination to avoid false success reports. Additionally, the extraction logic in the installation script should be refactored to use spawnSync with an arguments array instead of execSync with shell strings to improve security and robustness against special characters in file paths.

[googleworkspace-bot]

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Code Review

This pull request replaces the cargo-dist release pipeline with a custom GitHub Actions workflow and a zero-dependency npm installer using native Node.js fetch. The changes remove several dependencies like axios and rimraf while introducing a cross-platform installation script. Feedback identifies a regression where native fetch does not respect system proxy settings, a potential crash if the response body is null, and path parsing vulnerabilities in the PowerShell extraction logic. It is also recommended to sanitize error strings to prevent escape sequence injection.

[googleworkspace-bot]

/gemini review

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Code Review

This pull request replaces the cargo-dist release pipeline and npm package with a custom GitHub Actions workflow and a zero-dependency npm installer using native Node.js fetch. The new implementation includes scripts for platform detection, binary downloading, and extraction. Feedback was provided regarding an inconsistency in the extraction logic between Unix and Windows platforms; specifically, the use of --strip-components 1 for tarballs versus the lack of a similar mechanism for ZIP files on Windows could lead to incorrect installation paths. It is recommended to standardize on flat archives to ensure the binary is correctly located across all environments.

[googleworkspace-bot]

/gemini review

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Code Review

This pull request replaces the cargo-dist release pipeline with a custom GitHub Actions workflow and a zero-dependency npm installer utilizing native Node.js fetch. The review identifies a security vulnerability in the ANSI escape sequence sanitization, the lack of a timeout for network requests, and a regression in proxy support for enterprise environments.