registry: add github: fallback backends for locally-verified tools

[matracey]

Follow-up to #10000. I didn't get a chance to address the bot review comments there before the branch became stale.

Summary

Add github: fallback backend entries to 34 registry files for tools that are already in the registry. Each new entry is inserted immediately after the existing aqua: entry, providing a Tier 1 GitHub releases fallback for users who have aqua disabled (e.g. via MISE_DISABLE_BACKENDS=aqua) or unavailable, before falling through to lower-tier backends (asdf:, vfox:, cargo:, etc.).

Per the AGENTS.md backend-tier guidance, aqua: is the preferred Tier 1 backend and github: is the recommended fallback. Many existing registry entries currently fall through from aqua: directly to asdf: plugins (which AGENTS.md discourages for new entries on supply-chain grounds) or to runtime-backed backends (cargo:, go:, pipx:). This PR fills the gap.

For tools where the github: backend downloads binaries with platform-specific or versioned filenames (shfmt, pre-commit), the entries use the [[backends]] table form to set bin to ensure the binary is callable by its expected short name.

Popularity

No popularity-check section is needed because this PR does not add any new tools to the registry. It only adds a github: backend for tools that are already accepted registry entries.

Verification

All github:owner/repo@latest installs were verified on Windows 11 x86_64 via:

$env:MISE_DATA_DIR = "<temp-dir>"
mise install "github:<owner>/<repo>@latest"
# Then: mise exec "github:<owner>/<repo>@latest" -- <tool> --version

Each install was verified for both successful installation (exit 0) AND binary callability by the tool's expected short name. Tools where the binary was not callable were either fixed with bin or removed from the PR.

Caveat: Verification was performed on a single host platform (Windows x86_64). Cross-platform asset availability was not exhaustively checked.

Candidate set and results

Modified — inline backends array (32 tools, github: inserted after aqua:)

Installed tool	Registry file	github: backend added
act	act.toml	github:nektos/act
actionlint	actionlint.toml	github:rhysd/actionlint
age	age.toml	github:FiloSottile/age
bat	bat.toml	github:sharkdp/bat
cargo-binstall	cargo-binstall.toml	github:cargo-bins/cargo-binstall
cargo-insta	cargo-insta.toml	github:mitsuhiko/insta
cmake	cmake.toml	github:Kitware/CMake
cmdx	cmdx.toml	github:suzuki-shunsuke/cmdx
coreutils	coreutils.toml	github:uutils/coreutils
delta	delta.toml	github:dandavison/delta
fd	fd.toml	github:sharkdp/fd
fzf	fzf.toml	github:junegunn/fzf
git-cliff	git-cliff.toml	github:orhun/git-cliff
github-cli / gh	github-cli.toml	github:cli/cli
hk	hk.toml	github:jdx/hk
htmlq	htmlq.toml	github:mgdm/htmlq
jq	jq.toml	github:jqlang/jq
lua-language-server	lua-language-server.toml	github:LuaLS/lua-language-server
ninja	ninja.toml	github:ninja-build/ninja
pkl	pkl.toml	github:apple/pkl
pnpm	pnpm.toml	github:pnpm/pnpm
rclone	rclone.toml	github:rclone/rclone
ripgrep / rg	ripgrep.toml	github:BurntSushi/ripgrep
rust-analyzer	rust-analyzer.toml	github:rust-lang/rust-analyzer
shellcheck	shellcheck.toml	github:koalaman/shellcheck
sops	sops.toml	github:getsops/sops
stylua	stylua.toml	github:JohnnyMorganz/StyLua
taplo	taplo.toml	github:tamasfe/taplo
usage	usage.toml	github:jdx/usage
uv	uv.toml	github:astral-sh/uv
yamlfmt	yamlfmt.toml	github:google/yamlfmt
yq	yq.toml	github:mikefarah/yq

Modified — converted to [[backends]] table form to set bin (2 tools)

These tools ship binaries with platform-specific or versioned filenames that the github: backend doesn't automatically rename. The bin option ensures the binary is callable by its expected short name.

Installed tool	Registry file	github: backend	bin
shfmt	shfmt.toml	github:mvdan/sh	"shfmt"
pre-commit	pre-commit.toml	github:pre-commit/pre-commit	"pre-commit"

[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request adds github backends to various tool registries and updates the corresponding end-to-end tests to reflect these additions. The review feedback suggests using inline tables for simple backend options in pre-commit.toml and shfmt.toml to improve readability and prevent potential TOML scoping issues.

[greptile-apps]

Greptile Summary

Adds github: Tier 1 fallback backend entries to 34 existing registry tool files, filling the gap between aqua: (preferred) and lower-tier backends (asdf:, cargo:, pipx:, etc.) for users with aqua disabled. Two tools (shfmt, pre-commit) required conversion to the [[backends]] table form to attach a bin option that renames the downloaded binary to its expected short name.

• 32 tools receive a simple inline github:owner/repo entry inserted after the existing aqua: entry; the TOML pattern and backend ordering follow established project conventions.
• 2 tools (shfmt.toml, pre-commit.toml) are converted to [[backends]] table form with [backends.options] bin = \"<name>\" — the scoping rules (options apply to the most recently opened [[backends]] element) match the precedent set by buck2.toml and yt-dlp.toml.
• e2e tests in test_disable_backends and test_registry are updated to reflect the new backend chain, including disabling both aqua and github to reach the asdf: fallback path.

Confidence Score: 4/5

Safe to merge — all additions are purely additive fallback entries; a failing github: backend would transparently fall through to the next backend in the chain

All 34 additions follow the established [[backends]] / inline pattern already used by other registry files. The bin option usage in shfmt.toml and pre-commit.toml is correct and matches the buck2.toml precedent. e2e tests are updated consistently. The one caveat is that cross-platform verification was performed only on Windows x86_64 — tools with complex release structures (cmake, lua-language-server, ninja) may behave differently on Linux/macOS, though the fallback chain means any failure is non-breaking.

No files require special attention; tools with non-trivial release structures (cmake.toml, lua-language-server.toml, rust-analyzer.toml) are worth a quick cross-platform smoke-test if possible, but failures are non-breaking due to the fallback chain

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
e2e/backend/test_disable_backends	Updated to expect github: in registry output for age and to disable both aqua and github when testing asdf fallback path — correctly reflects new backend chain
e2e/cli/test_registry	Updated expected output for gh registry lookup to include github:cli/cli between aqua and asdf entries — correct and consistent
registry/shfmt.toml	Converted from inline array to [[backends]] table form to attach bin = shfmt to the github: entry only; TOML scoping is correct per spec and matches the buck2.toml precedent
registry/pre-commit.toml	Converted to [[backends]] table form to set bin = pre-commit on the github: entry; same TOML pattern as shfmt.toml — options scoping is correct
registry/github-cli.toml	Adds github:cli/cli as Tier 1 fallback between aqua and asdf entries; matches e2e test update
registry/cmake.toml	Adds github:Kitware/CMake fallback; CMake releases include versioned tarballs with a nested bin/cmake path — the github backend's discover_bin_paths should detect the bin/ subdir automatically, but only verified on Windows
registry/rust-analyzer.toml	Adds github:rust-lang/rust-analyzer; releases ship single binaries named rust-analyzer- which the auto-clean logic strips to rust-analyzer using the tool name — no bin option required
registry/pnpm.toml	Adds github:pnpm/pnpm; pnpm releases platform-specific executables (pnpm-linux-x64, pnpm-win-x64.exe) that the auto-clean logic should strip to pnpm; verified on Windows and npm: fallback remains
registry/cargo-insta.toml	Adds github:mitsuhiko/insta fallback; if the repo doesn't publish prebuilt binaries for cargo-insta on a given platform the github backend will fail through to cargo:insta, which is acceptable
registry/lua-language-server.toml	Adds github:LuaLS/lua-language-server; releases include a directory structure with bin/lua-language-server — the github backend should pick up the nested bin/ directory automatically

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