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@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@ # Go and project root -Compared to other languages go has some strange behavior regarding its project root settings. If you -import a library called `somelib`, go will look for a `src/somelib` folder in all of the folders in -the `$GOPATH` environment variable. This works nicely for globally installed packages, but it makes -encapsulating a project with a specific version, or modified version, rather tedious. Whenever you go -to work on this project you'll have to add its path to your `$GOPATH`, or add the path permanently, -which could break other projects which may use a different version of `somelib`. - -My solution is in the form of a simple script I'm calling go+. go+ will search in currrent directory -and all of its parents for a file called `GOPROJROOT`. If it finds that file in a directory, it -prepends that directory's absolute path to your `$GOPATH` and stops the search. Regardless of whether -or not `GOPROJROOT` was found go+ will passthrough all arguments to the actual go call. The +Compared to other languages go has some strange behavior regarding its project +root settings. If you import a library called `somelib`, go will look for a +`src/somelib` folder in all of the folders in the `$GOPATH` environment +variable. This works nicely for globally installed packages, but it makes +encapsulating a project with a specific version, or modified version, rather +tedious. Whenever you go to work on this project you'll have to add its path to +your `$GOPATH`, or add the path permanently, which could break other projects +which may use a different version of `somelib`. + +My solution is in the form of a simple script I'm calling go+. go+ will search +in currrent directory and all of its parents for a file called `GOPROJROOT`. If +it finds that file in a directory, it prepends that directory's absolute path to +your `$GOPATH` and stops the search. Regardless of whether or not `GOPROJROOT` +was found go+ will passthrough all arguments to the actual go call. The modification to `$GOPATH` will only last the duration of the call. As an example, consider the following: @@ -23,8 +26,8 @@ As an example, consider the following: /hello.go ``` -If `hello.go` depends on `somelib`, as long as you run go+ from `/tmp/hello` or one of its children -your project will still compile +If `hello.go` depends on `somelib`, as long as you run go+ from `/tmp/hello` or +one of its children your project will still compile Here is the source code for go+: |