Go Tool
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Overview
go is a command line tool with multiple uses: package manager, build tool and test driver. go manage packages in workspaces, query metadata about packages, print documentation, build, format, download, test, etc.
Commands
Help
go help <command>
go help build
build
install
run
The run command compiles the specified packages or files by delegating to go build and then runs the executable. There must be a main for an executable to be generated.
cd $PROJECT_DIR
go run ./src/main/main.go some-arg-1 some-arg-2
The first argument that does not end in .go is assumed to be the beginning of the list of command line arguments of the executable.
The shared flags described here apply:
clean
The shared flags described here apply:
-cache
Clean the build cache:
go clean -cache
-fuzzcache
Clean the fuzz cache:
go clean -fuzzcache
doc
The doc command prints documentation for a package or a package member:
go doc time
go doc time.Since
Deplete: doc
fmt
The fmt ("format") command formats source code files.
get
The get command downloads packages and installs them. The shared flags described here apply:
Deplete: get
list
The list command lists all installed packages. The shared flags described here apply:
test
The test command runs tests. The shared flags described here apply:
For more details, see:
env
The env command prints the effective values of the environment variables relevant to the tool chain.
go env GOOS GOARCH GOPATH
get
The get command retrieve and update packages.
TODO Addison-Wesley The Go Programming Language Section 10.7.2