From 3b666615d72b21506721f78aa744b35d86b2a106 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MDietermann <mdietermann253@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:59:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(platform): detect distro, WSL, and architecture

---
 internal/platform/platform.go      | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 internal/platform/platform_test.go | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 108 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 internal/platform/platform.go
 create mode 100644 internal/platform/platform_test.go

diff --git a/internal/platform/platform.go b/internal/platform/platform.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdbf6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/platform/platform.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Package platform detects the host OS/distro/WSL status.
+package platform
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Distro is a narrow enum of distros we care about.
+type Distro string
+
+const (
+	DistroArch    Distro = "arch"
+	DistroUnknown Distro = "unknown"
+)
+
+// Platform holds detected host information.
+type Platform struct {
+	Distro Distro
+	IsWSL  bool
+	Arch   string // e.g. "amd64", "arm64"
+}
+
+// Detect reads the live system. Returns DistroUnknown rather than an error
+// when /etc/os-release is missing or unrecognized; callers decide what to do.
+func Detect() (Platform, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open("/etc/os-release")
+	distro := DistroUnknown
+	if err == nil {
+		distro = parseDistro(f)
+		_ = f.Close()
+	} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return Platform{}, fmt.Errorf("open /etc/os-release: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	wsl := false
+	if data, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/sys/kernel/osrelease"); err == nil {
+		lower := strings.ToLower(string(data))
+		wsl = strings.Contains(lower, "microsoft") || strings.Contains(lower, "wsl")
+	}
+
+	return Platform{Distro: distro, IsWSL: wsl, Arch: runtime.GOARCH}, nil
+}
+
+func parseDistro(r io.Reader) Distro {
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(r)
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		line := sc.Text()
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(line, "ID=") {
+			continue
+		}
+		id := strings.Trim(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "ID="), `"`)
+		if id == "arch" {
+			return DistroArch
+		}
+		return DistroUnknown
+	}
+	return DistroUnknown
+}
diff --git a/internal/platform/platform_test.go b/internal/platform/platform_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae79045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/platform/platform_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package platform
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseDistroArch(t *testing.T) {
+	osRelease := `NAME="Arch Linux"
+ID=arch
+ID_LIKE=archlinux
+`
+	if got := parseDistro(strings.NewReader(osRelease)); got != DistroArch {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseDistroUbuntu(t *testing.T) {
+	osRelease := `NAME="Ubuntu"
+ID=ubuntu
+`
+	if got := parseDistro(strings.NewReader(osRelease)); got != DistroUnknown {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseDistroQuoted(t *testing.T) {
+	osRelease := `ID="arch"
+`
+	if got := parseDistro(strings.NewReader(osRelease)); got != DistroArch {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDetectReturnsArch(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := Detect()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if p.Arch == "" {
+		t.Fatal("arch is empty")
+	}
+	// We don't assert Distro here because the test host may not be Arch.
+	// The parse-level tests above cover that logic.
+}