refactor: generate CI workflow from gate contracts

scripts/lib/release-candidate.ts

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export async function createReleaseCandidateManifest(
       sha256,
     })),
     ...evidence,
-  ].sort((left, right) => left.path.localeCompare(right.path));
+  ].sort((left, right) => asciiCompare(left.path, right.path));
   const dependencyInventory = JSON.parse(
     await readFile(
       path.resolve(repositoryRoot, "artifacts/release/dependency-inventory.json"),
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ export async function createReleaseCandidateManifest(
   });
 }
 
+function asciiCompare(left: string, right: string): number {
+  return left < right ? -1 : left > right ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 export async function verifyReleaseCandidate(
   value: unknown,
   repositoryRoot = process.cwd(),
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ async function regularFilesWithin(directory: string): Promise<string[]> {
   const entries = await readdir(directory, { withFileTypes: true });
   const files: string[] = [];
   for (const entry of entries.sort((left, right) =>
-    left.name.localeCompare(right.name),
+    asciiCompare(left.name, right.name),
   )) {
     const target = path.join(directory, entry.name);
     if (entry.isDirectory()) {