Rewrite start-issue in Go for v2

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -5,76 +5,81 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [master, main]
 
-env:
-  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up mise
-        uses: jdx/mise-action@v2
-
-      - name: Install test dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y shellcheck
-
-      - name: Static checks
-        run: |
-          bash -n scripts/start-issue
-          shellcheck install.sh scripts/start-issue scripts/build-start-issue scripts/bump-version scripts/prepare-release scripts/lib/start_issue/*.sh
-          git diff --check
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - run: make test
+      - run: make build
+      - run: .build/start-issue --version
 
-      - name: Legacy environment drift check
-        run: |
-          legacy_name="CLAUDE""_WORKTREE_DIR"
-          if grep -R --line-number "$legacy_name" scripts README.md README.ru.md docs doc test .github; then
-            echo "Legacy Claude worktree environment variable name must not be used."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Integration tests
-        run: mise exec -- bats test
+  sandbox-e2e:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - run: make e2e-sandbox
 
-  install-script:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+  platform-smoke:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-
+        include:
+          - runner: ubuntu-latest
+            artifact: start-issue
+          - runner: macos-latest
+            artifact: start-issue
+          - runner: windows-latest
+            artifact: start-issue.exe
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Build local release artifact
-        run: |
-          bash scripts/build-start-issue "$RUNNER_TEMP/start-issue" >/dev/null
-          chmod +x "$RUNNER_TEMP/start-issue"
-
-      - name: Generate checksum file
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - run: go build -o ${{ matrix.artifact }} ./cmd/start-issue
+      - if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        run: ./${{ matrix.artifact }} --version
+      - if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        run: make test
+      - if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            checksum="$(sha256sum "$RUNNER_TEMP/start-issue" | awk '{ print $1 }')"
-          else
-            checksum="$(shasum -a 256 "$RUNNER_TEMP/start-issue" | awk '{ print $1 }')"
-          fi
-          printf '%s  %s\n' "$checksum" start-issue > "$RUNNER_TEMP/start-issue.sha256"
+          & .\${{ matrix.artifact }} --version
+          $update = (go run ./cmd/start-issue update | Out-String)
+          if ($update -notmatch 'Windows update is manual') { throw "Expected Windows manual-update instruction: $update" }
 
-      - name: Test install.sh via pipe
-        run: |
-          curl -fsSL "file://$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/install.sh" | env \
-            PREFIX="$RUNNER_TEMP/prefix" \
-            START_ISSUE_ASSET_URL="file://$RUNNER_TEMP/start-issue" \
-            START_ISSUE_CHECKSUM_URL="file://$RUNNER_TEMP/start-issue.sha256" \
-            bash
-
-      - name: Verify installed binary
-        run: |
-          test -x "$RUNNER_TEMP/prefix/bin/start-issue"
-          "$RUNNER_TEMP/prefix/bin/start-issue" --version | grep '^start-issue v'
+  cross-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: linux
+            arch: amd64
+          - os: linux
+            arch: arm64
+          - os: darwin
+            arch: amd64
+          - os: darwin
+            arch: arm64
+          - os: windows
+            arch: amd64
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - run: go build ./cmd/start-issue
+        env:
+          GOOS: ${{ matrix.os }}
+          GOARCH: ${{ matrix.arch }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -2,51 +2,31 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
+    tags: ["v*"]
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
-env:
-  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
-
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up mise
-        uses: jdx/mise-action@v2
-
-      - name: Install test dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y shellcheck
-
-      - name: Verify tag matches script version
-        run: |
-          script_version="$(awk -F'"' '/^VERSION="/ { print $2; exit }' scripts/start-issue)"
-          tag_version="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          test "$script_version" = "$tag_version"
-
-      - name: Run checks
-        run: make test
-
-      - name: Build release artifact
-        run: |
-          make build
-          cp .build/start-issue start-issue
-          sha256sum start-issue > start-issue.sha256
-
-      - name: Publish GitHub release
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - run: make test
+      - run: make e2e-sandbox
+      - uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
+        with:
+          distribution: goreleaser
+          version: ~> v2
+          args: release --clean
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Publish release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: |
-          gh release create "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
-            start-issue \
-            start-issue.sha256 \
-            --generate-notes
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: gh release edit "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --draft=false

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.build/
+/start-issue
+/start-issue.exe

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+version: 2
+project_name: start-issue
+
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - go mod tidy
+    - sh -c 'mkdir -p .release && cp scripts/v1-upgrade-shim .release/start-issue && chmod 0755 .release/start-issue && (cd .release && sha256sum start-issue > start-issue.sha256)'
+
+builds:
+  - id: start-issue
+    main: ./cmd/start-issue
+    binary: start-issue
+    env: [CGO_ENABLED=0]
+    goos: [linux, darwin, windows]
+    goarch: [amd64, arm64]
+    ignore:
+      - goos: windows
+        goarch: arm64
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X main.version={{ .Version }}
+
+archives:
+  - id: binaries
+    formats: [binary]
+    name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}"
+
+checksum:
+  name_template: checksums.txt
+
+release:
+  # Keep the release invisible until GoReleaser has uploaded both the normal
+  # assets and the v1 bridge required by older self-updaters.
+  draft: true
+  extra_files:
+    - glob: .release/start-issue
+      name_template: start-issue
+    - glob: .release/start-issue.sha256
+      name_template: start-issue.sha256

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ This project follows Semantic Versioning.
 
 - Removed the obsolete `codex exec --ask-for-approval` argument from the Codex human-gate workflow, restoring compatibility with current Codex CLI versions.
 
+## [2.0.0] - 2026-07-22
+
+### Changed
+
+- Replaced the Bash CLI, Bats suite, and shell build/release tooling with the Go implementation and Go test suite.
+- Changed distribution to platform-specific Go binaries with `checksums.txt` verification.
+
 ## [1.13.2] - 2026-07-19
 
 ### Added

Makefile

@@ -1,57 +1,41 @@
-.PHONY: build install uninstall test e2e-human-gate print-version bump-patch bump-minor bump-major release-patch release-minor release-major
+.PHONY: build install uninstall test e2e-sandbox e2e-human-gate print-version bump-patch bump-minor bump-major release-patch release-minor release-major
 
 PREFIX ?= $(HOME)/.local
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 BUILD_DIR ?= .build
 BUILD_OUTPUT ?= $(BUILD_DIR)/start-issue
+# Release tags are the version source.  A checkout between releases carries the
+# nearest tag plus its Git describe suffix, which keeps source builds distinct
+# from the last published release for update comparisons.
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --match 'v[0-9]*' --always --dirty 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//')
+VERSION := $(if $(strip $(VERSION)),$(VERSION),dev)
 
 build:
 	@mkdir -p "$(BUILD_DIR)"
-	@bash scripts/build-start-issue "$(BUILD_OUTPUT)" >/dev/null
-	@chmod +x "$(BUILD_OUTPUT)"
+	go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=$(VERSION)" -o "$(BUILD_OUTPUT)" ./cmd/start-issue
 	@echo "Built: $(BUILD_OUTPUT)"
 
-install:
+install: build
 	@mkdir -p "$(BINDIR)"
-	@set -e; \
-	tmpfile="$$(mktemp)"; \
-	trap 'rm -f "$$tmpfile"' EXIT; \
-	bash scripts/build-start-issue "$$tmpfile" >/dev/null; \
-	cp "$$tmpfile" "$(BINDIR)/start-issue"
-	@chmod +x "$(BINDIR)/start-issue"
+	install -m 0755 "$(BUILD_OUTPUT)" "$(BINDIR)/start-issue"
 	@echo "Installed: $(BINDIR)/start-issue"
 
 uninstall:
-	@rm -f "$(BINDIR)/start-issue"
+	rm -f "$(BINDIR)/start-issue"
 	@echo "Removed: $(BINDIR)/start-issue"
 
 test:
-	bash -n scripts/start-issue
-	shellcheck install.sh scripts/start-issue scripts/build-start-issue scripts/bump-version scripts/prepare-release scripts/lib/start_issue/*.sh test/e2e/*.sh
+	@test -z "$$($$(go env GOROOT)/bin/gofmt -l cmd)"
+	go vet ./...
+	go test ./...
 	python3 scripts/check_memory_bank_index.py --max-depth 4
 	git diff --check
-	bats test
 
-e2e-human-gate:
-	@bash test/e2e/human-gate.sh
+e2e-human-gate: build
+	@START_ISSUE_E2E_BINARY="$(abspath $(BUILD_OUTPUT))" bash test/e2e/human-gate.sh
 
-print-version:
-	@awk -F'"' '/^VERSION="/ { print $$2; exit }' scripts/start-issue
-
-bump-patch:
-	@bash scripts/bump-version patch
-
-bump-minor:
-	@bash scripts/bump-version minor
-
-bump-major:
-	@bash scripts/bump-version major
+e2e-sandbox: build
+	@START_ISSUE_SANDBOX_BINARY="$(abspath $(BUILD_OUTPUT))" bash test/e2e/sandbox.sh
 
-release-patch:
-	@bash scripts/prepare-release patch
-
-release-minor:
-	@bash scripts/prepare-release minor
-
-release-major:
-	@bash scripts/prepare-release major
+print-version:
+	@echo "$(VERSION)"