feat(tool): install nub from GitHub release binaries

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Add nub as an installable tool using prebuilt Linux x64 and arm64 binaries from nubjs/nub releases. Downloads use the shared SHA-256 checksum helper and preserve the archive's bin/ layout without stripping a directory level. Installation does not require Node.

Register the installer, document custom-registry URLs, and add unit tests and installation coverage in both test/latest architecture images.

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This is a separate implementation of nub support proposed in #7054, following the discussion about using cacheable release binaries and published checksums instead of the npm package. The companion Renovate manager change is renovatebot/renovate#44422.

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Unit tests cover x64 and arm64 installation, linking, and the version check. All 621 unit tests passed, along with type checking and targeted lint and formatting checks.

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  • Added support for installing nub on Linux x64 and ARM64, with release checksum verification and version checks.
  • Added nub installation examples for custom registries, including sample archives and checksum files.

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The change adds a Nub installer that verifies release checksums, extracts versioned archives, links the binary directory, and runs a version check. It registers the installer in the CLI, documents release URLs, and adds Nub to Docker test images and Renovate rules.

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Nub installation support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Nub release installation docs/custom-registries.md, src/cli/tools/nub.ts, src/cli/tools/nub.spec.ts	Documents Nub release archive and checksum URLs. Adds an installer for x64 and arm64 assets that verifies SHA-256 checksums, extracts the archive, links the bin directory, and runs nub --version. Tests cover installation, linking, and the version check.
CLI installer registration src/cli/install-tool/index.ts, src/cli/tools/index.ts, packages/base/data/tools.json, packages/base/src/data.ts	Registers NubInstallService in the install container, adds nub to NoPrepareTools, and adds nub to the tool registries.
Docker test coverage and update rules test/latest/Dockerfile, test/latest/Dockerfile.arm64, .github/renovate.json	Adds Nub to the latest test image setup and tool-test list. Adds nub to the Renovate test dependency rules.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant NubInstallService
  participant GitHubReleaseAssets
  participant VersionedToolPath
  participant Shellwrapper
  participant NubCLI
  NubInstallService->>GitHubReleaseAssets: Fetch checksum file
  GitHubReleaseAssets-->>NubInstallService: Return checksum
  NubInstallService->>GitHubReleaseAssets: Download archive with SHA-256 verification
  GitHubReleaseAssets-->>NubInstallService: Return verified archive
  NubInstallService->>VersionedToolPath: Extract release
  NubInstallService->>Shellwrapper: Link the bin directory
  NubInstallService->>NubCLI: Run nub --version

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b98e1

Nub installs as nub, but users relying on the nubx and nubr aliases cannot invoke those names through this installer. The core command remains available, making this a bounded compatibility gap suitable for owner follow-up.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b98e1

Nub follows the existing checksum-verified installation pattern rather than introducing a separate privilege or deployment mechanism. The added supplier remains trusted to provide executable code. Recovery after interruption or concurrent installation is not fully established.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The new dependency reaches the installation cache, versioned tool storage, global nub wrapper, and execution of the installed binary. A compromised trusted distribution could affect resources accessible to the installation or execution context; supplied evidence does not establish broader tenant, service, or environment exposure.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The default source is a fixed GitHub repository, but existing environment-configured URL replacements can redirect both archive and checksum downloads. The new documentation lists both architecture-specific archive and sidecar URLs. Configured mirrors therefore participate in the trusted software-distribution boundary.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — Serial repetition uses installed/current-state checks, and ordinary rejected operations reach cleanup. The inspected entrypoint and IPC service do not establish atomic same-version installation across processes or complete recovery after process termination. Those guarantees remain unproven, not confirmed absent.

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🟡 Medium risk · Adds checksum-verified nub release installation for Linux x64 and arm64.

Adds nub as an installable tool using prebuilt binaries from GitHub releases with checksum verification, addressing the missing unit test coverage by adding comprehensive installation tests for both x64 and arm64 architectures.

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✅ Quality: New NubInstallService has no unit tests; CI 100% coverage will fail

📄 src/cli/tools/nub.ts:11-25
Every comparable GitHub-release tool here (bun, deno, bazelisk, buf, gh…) comes with a *.spec.ts. nub.ts doesn't have one. vitest.config.ts includes src/cli/**/*.ts in coverage and sets thresholds: { 100: true } on CI. So the lines in install() that fetch the checksum, reject a bad checksum, download and extract, plus the ghArch switch, link() and test(), are never run by a test. That should push coverage under the threshold, and the checksum-parsing and invalid-checksum paths go untested. Fix: add src/cli/tools/nub.spec.ts modeled on bun.spec.ts. It should mock the .sha256 and tarball responses for both x64 and arm64, check the extract layout and the shellwrapper link, and cover the Invalid checksum error.

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