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build, test, install Go programs
Examples (TL;DR)
- Download and install a package, specified by its import path:
go get package_path - Compile and run a source file (it has to contain a
mainpackage):go run file.go - Compile a source file into a named executable:
go build -o executable file.go - Compile the package present in the current directory:
go build - Execute all test cases of the current package (files have to end with
_test.go):go test - Compile and install the current package:
go install - Initialize a new module in the current directory:
go mod init module_name
Synopsis
go command [arguments]
Description
A tool for managing Go source code. For full documentation run go help or see http://golang.org/cmd/go.
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