DevX proposal: release tool rewrite tracking issue

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The release tool currently exists as a standalone Typescript tool developed in dev/release. The DevX team proposes that this tool be rewritten in Go as part of sg, which will bring numerous benefits:

• integration with sg features like automated documentation, secrets management, and more, which are currently adhoc-implemented within the release tool
• help sg align with a core competency of most of engineering at Sourcegraph, Go, which all our core developer tools are built in (sg itself, pipeline generator, and more)

Such a rewrite can also be an opportunity to redesign and rebuild core parts of the release tool and process, such as offloading changeset generation into serverside batch changes and other potential improvements outlined here: https://github.com/orgs/sourcegraph/projects/240/views/2

Tracked issues

Legend

• 👩 Customer issue
• 🐛 Bug
• 🧶 Technical debt
• 🎩 Quality of life
• 🛠️ Roadmap
• 🕵️ Spike
• 🔒 Security issue
• 🙆 Stretch goal