fix(setup): persist Go PATH in shell profile after install#368
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The go.dev install puts Go in /usr/local/go/bin, but the PATH export only lasted for the setup script session. Subsequent shells still found the old distro Go. Now appends PATH to ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc.
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/usr/local/go/bin, but theexport PATHonly lasted for the setup script sessionmake/cargo) still found the old distro Goexport PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH"to~/.profileand~/.bashrc(if they exist and don't already contain the entry)Test plan
make setupon Linux with old Go — verify~/.profilegets the PATH entrygo versionshould show the go.dev version