chore: strip emoji and decorative glyphs from CLI output

cmd/commit.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Subcommands:
   unpublish  Make a commit private`,
 	Args: cobra.NoArgs,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		// Bare `vers commit` with no args → create commit of HEAD
+		// Bare `vers commit` with no args -> create commit of HEAD
 		return commitCreateCmd.RunE(cmd, args)
 	},
 }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Use --format json for machine-readable output.`,
 			if res.UsedHEAD {
 				fmt.Printf("Using current HEAD VM: %s\n", res.VmID)
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("✓ Committed VM '%s'\n", res.VmID)
+			fmt.Printf("Committed VM '%s'\n", res.VmID)
 			fmt.Printf("Commit ID: %s\n", res.CommitID)
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ Examples:
 				CommitID: id,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "✗ Failed to delete commit %s: %v\n", id, err)
+				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "error: failed to delete commit %s: %v\n", id, err)
 				if firstErr == nil {
 					firstErr = err
 				}
 				continue
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("✓ Commit %s deleted\n", id)
+			fmt.Printf("Commit %s deleted\n", id)
 		}
 		return firstErr
 	},
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ var commitPublishCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Commit %s is now public\n", info.CommitID)
+		fmt.Printf("Commit %s is now public\n", info.CommitID)
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ var commitUnpublishCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Commit %s is now private\n", info.CommitID)
+		fmt.Printf("Commit %s is now private\n", info.CommitID)
 		return nil
 	},
 }

cmd/execute_test.go

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 
 // TestExecuteCommandArgumentParsing tests the argument parsing logic for execute.
 // The logic uses LooksLikeVMTarget to decide if the first arg is a VM or a command:
-//   - UUID → treated as VM target
-//   - Known alias → treated as VM target
-//   - Anything else → treated as command, uses HEAD
+//   - UUID -> treated as VM target
+//   - Known alias -> treated as VM target
+//   - Anything else -> treated as command, uses HEAD
 func TestExecuteCommandArgumentParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name            string

cmd/login.go

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func loginWithGit() error {
 	fmt.Print("Looking up git email... ")
 	email, err := auth.GetGitEmail()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("✗")
+		fmt.Println("failed")
 		return err
 	}
 	fmt.Println(email)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func loginWithGit() error {
 	fmt.Print("Looking up SSH public key... ")
 	sshPubKey, _, err := auth.FindSSHPublicKey()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("✗")
+		fmt.Println("failed")
 		return err
 	}
 	// Show truncated key for confirmation
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func loginWithGit() error {
 
 	if initResp.AlreadyVerified {
 		// Key is already verified — skip email, go straight to verify-key for org list
-		fmt.Println("SSH key already verified ✓")
+		fmt.Println("SSH key already verified")
 		verifyResp, err = auth.ShellAuthCheckVerification(email, sshPubKey)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch org list: %w", err)
@@ -127,16 +127,16 @@ func loginWithGit() error {
 		}
 
 		// Step 4: Wait for email verification
-		fmt.Printf("\n📧 Verification email sent to %s\n", email)
+		fmt.Printf("\nVerification email sent to %s\n", email)
 		fmt.Println("   Click the link in the email to continue.")
 		fmt.Print("   Waiting for verification...")
 
 		verifyResp, err = auth.ShellAuthPollVerification(email, sshPubKey, 10*time.Minute)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(" ✗")
+			fmt.Println(" failed")
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Println(" ✓")
+		fmt.Println(" ok")
 	}
 
 	// Step 5: Select organization
@@ -176,23 +176,23 @@ func loginWithGit() error {
 	fmt.Print("Creating API key... ")
 	keyResp, err := auth.ShellAuthCreateAPIKey(email, sshPubKey, label, orgName)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("✗")
+		fmt.Println("failed")
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create API key: %w", err)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("✓")
+	fmt.Println("ok")
 
 	// Step 7: Validate and save
 	fmt.Print("Validating API key... ")
 	if err := validateAPIKey(keyResp.APIKey); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("✗")
+		fmt.Println("failed")
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if err := auth.SaveAPIKey(keyResp.APIKey); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error saving API key: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("\n✓ Successfully authenticated with Vers (org: %s)\n", keyResp.OrgName)
+	fmt.Printf("\nSuccessfully authenticated with Vers (org: %s)\n", keyResp.OrgName)
 	return nil
 }
 

cmd/repo.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var repoCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Repository '%s' created (%s)\n", resp.Name, resp.RepoID)
+		fmt.Printf("Repository '%s' created (%s)\n", resp.Name, resp.RepoID)
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ Examples:
 				Name: name,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "✗ Failed to delete repository '%s': %v\n", name, err)
+				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "error: failed to delete repository '%s': %v\n", name, err)
 				if firstErr == nil {
 					firstErr = err
 				}
 				continue
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("✓ Repository '%s' deleted\n", name)
+			fmt.Printf("Repository '%s' deleted\n", name)
 		}
 		return firstErr
 	},
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Examples:
 		if repoVisibilityPublic {
 			vis = "public"
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Repository '%s' is now %s\n", args[0], vis)
+		fmt.Printf("Repository '%s' is now %s\n", args[0], vis)
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Examples:
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Forked → %s\n", resp.Reference)
+		fmt.Printf("Forked -> %s\n", resp.Reference)
 		fmt.Printf("  VM:     %s\n", resp.VmID)
 		fmt.Printf("  Commit: %s\n", resp.CommitID)
 		return nil
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ var repoTagCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Tag created → %s\n", resp.Reference)
+		fmt.Printf("Tag created -> %s\n", resp.Reference)
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ var repoTagUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Tag '%s' in '%s' updated\n", args[1], args[0])
+		fmt.Printf("Tag '%s' in '%s' updated\n", args[1], args[0])
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -390,13 +390,13 @@ Examples:
 				TagName:  name,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "✗ Failed to delete tag '%s': %v\n", name, err)
+				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "error: failed to delete tag '%s': %v\n", name, err)
 				if firstErr == nil {
 					firstErr = err
 				}
 				continue
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("✓ Tag '%s' deleted from '%s'\n", name, repoName)
+			fmt.Printf("Tag '%s' deleted from '%s'\n", name, repoName)
 		}
 		return firstErr
 	},

cmd/resize.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Use --format json for machine-readable output.`,
 		case pres.FormatJSON:
 			pres.PrintJSON(map[string]interface{}{"vm_id": vmID, "fs_size_mib": resizeDiskSize})
 		default:
-			fmt.Printf("✓ Disk resized to %d MiB for VM %s\n", resizeDiskSize, vmID)
+			fmt.Printf("Disk resized to %d MiB for VM %s\n", resizeDiskSize, vmID)
 		}
 		return nil
 	},

cmd/root.go

@@ -179,17 +179,17 @@ interaction capabilities, and more.`,
 			cmd.CalledAs() == "help" ||
 			cmd.Name() == "upgrade"
 
-		if !skipUpdateCheck {
-			// Synchronous update check with a tight timeout. Uses a
-			// disk-cached "latest known release" so the nag prints
-			// instantly on subsequent runs without any network I/O,
-			// and only refreshes once per check interval.
-			//
-			// Done synchronously (not in a goroutine) because short
-			// commands like `vers ps` would exit before a detached
-			// goroutine could finish its HTTP call, suppressing the
-			// nag indefinitely.
-			update.MaybeNotifyUpdate(cmd.Context(), Version, Repository, 800*time.Millisecond, verbose)
+		if !skipUpdateCheck && update.ShouldCheckForUpdate() {
+			// Update the check time regardless of result
+			update.UpdateCheckTime()
+			// Check for updates in background
+			go func() {
+				DebugPrint("Checking for updates...\n")
+				hasUpdate, latestVersion, err := update.CheckForUpdates(Version, Repository, verbose)
+				if err == nil && hasUpdate {
+					fmt.Printf("note: update available: %s -> %s (run 'vers upgrade')\n\n", Version, latestVersion)
+				}
+			}()
 		}
 
 		if cmd.Name() == "login" || cmd.Name() == "signup" || cmd.Name() == "help" || cmd.CalledAs() == "help" {

cmd/signup.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func signupWithGit() error {
 		var err error
 		email, err = auth.GetGitEmail()
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("✗")
+			fmt.Println("failed")
 			return err
 		}
 		fmt.Println(email)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func signupWithGit() error {
 	fmt.Print("Looking up SSH public key... ")
 	sshPubKey, sshKeyPath, err := auth.FindSSHPublicKey()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("✗")
+		fmt.Println("failed")
 		return err
 	}
 	// Show truncated key for confirmation
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func signupWithGit() error {
 
 	if initResp.AlreadyVerified {
 		// Key is already verified — skip email, go straight to verify-key for org list
-		fmt.Println("SSH key already verified ✓")
+		fmt.Println("SSH key already verified")
 		verifyResp, err = auth.ShellAuthCheckVerification(email, sshPubKey)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch org list: %w", err)
@@ -72,16 +72,16 @@ func signupWithGit() error {
 		}
 
 		// Step 4: Wait for email verification
-		fmt.Printf("\n📧 Verification email sent to %s\n", email)
+		fmt.Printf("\nVerification email sent to %s\n", email)
 		fmt.Println("   Click the link in the email to continue.")
 		fmt.Print("   Waiting for verification...")
 
 		verifyResp, err = auth.ShellAuthPollVerification(email, sshPubKey, 10*time.Minute)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(" ✗")
+			fmt.Println(" failed")
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Println(" ✓")
+		fmt.Println(" ok")
 	}
 
 	// Step 5: Select organization
@@ -127,15 +127,15 @@ func signupWithGit() error {
 	fmt.Print("Creating API key... ")
 	keyResp, err := auth.ShellAuthCreateAPIKey(email, sshPubKey, label, orgName)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("✗")
+		fmt.Println("failed")
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create API key: %w", err)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("✓")
+	fmt.Println("ok")
 
 	// Step 7: Validate and save
 	fmt.Print("Validating API key... ")
 	if err := validateAPIKey(keyResp.APIKey); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("✗")
+		fmt.Println("failed")
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func signupWithGit() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error saving config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("\n✓ Successfully authenticated with Vers (org: %s)\n", keyResp.OrgName)
+	fmt.Printf("\nSuccessfully authenticated with Vers (org: %s)\n", keyResp.OrgName)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -181,16 +181,16 @@ If you already have an account, this will log you in.`,
 
 		fmt.Print("Validating API key... ")
 		if err := validateAPIKey(apiKey); err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("✗")
+			fmt.Println("failed")
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Println("✓")
+		fmt.Println("ok")
 
 		if err := auth.SaveAPIKey(apiKey); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error saving API key: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		fmt.Println("\n✓ Successfully authenticated with Vers")
+		fmt.Println("\nSuccessfully authenticated with Vers")
 		return nil
 	},
 }

cmd/tag.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var tagCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Tag '%s' created → %s\n", resp.TagName, resp.CommitID)
+		fmt.Printf("Tag '%s' created -> %s\n", resp.TagName, resp.CommitID)
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ var tagUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Tag '%s' updated\n", args[0])
+		fmt.Printf("Tag '%s' updated\n", args[0])
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ Examples:
 				TagName: name,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "✗ Failed to delete tag '%s': %v\n", name, err)
+				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "error: failed to delete tag '%s': %v\n", name, err)
 				if firstErr == nil {
 					firstErr = err
 				}
 				continue
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("✓ Tag '%s' deleted\n", name)
+			fmt.Printf("Tag '%s' deleted\n", name)
 		}
 		return firstErr
 	},

internal/auth/keys.go

@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ func GetOrCreateSSHKey(vmID string, client *vers.Client, apiCtx context.Context)
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to save SSH key: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("✓ SSH key cached")
+	fmt.Println("SSH key cached")
 	return keyPath, nil
 }