[cli] Helper method to open url in browser

cli/utils/browser/browser.go

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+package browser
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39320371/how-start-web-server-to-open-page-in-browser-in-golang
+// openURL opens the specified URL in the default browser of the user.
+func OpenURL(url string) error {
+	var cmd string
+	var args []string
+
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "windows":
+		cmd = "cmd"
+		args = []string{"/c", "start"}
+	case "darwin":
+		cmd = "open"
+		args = []string{url}
+	default: // "linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "netbsd"
+		// Check if running under WSL
+		if isWSL() {
+			// Use 'cmd.exe /c start' to open the URL in the default Windows browser
+			cmd = "cmd.exe"
+			args = []string{"/c", "start", url}
+		} else {
+			// Use xdg-open on native Linux environments
+			cmd = "xdg-open"
+			args = []string{url}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(args) > 1 {
+		// args[0] is used for 'start' command argument, to prevent issues with URLs starting with a quote
+		args = append(args[:1], append([]string{""}, args[1:]...)...)
+	}
+	return exec.Command(cmd, args...).Start()
+}
+
+// isWSL checks if the Go program is running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux
+func isWSL() bool {
+	releaseData, err := exec.Command("uname", "-r").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(string(releaseData)), "microsoft")
+}