That is really unfortunate. Is there any alternative solution so that I can
burn at least the version information to the binary when a user uses `go
get`?
On Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 6:36:17 PM UTC+1 Jan Mercl wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 6:25 PM changkun <h...@changkun.de> wrote:
>
> > As far as I know, there are two approaches to add extra information at
> build time:
> > 1. using -ldflags="-X path/pkg.Var=${ENV_VAR}", in a Makefile
> > 2. using `go generate ./...`, before `go build`
> >
> > These approaches are good as it is if I build my binary and distribute
> it to other users.
> > However, none of these are possible if a user uses `go get
> github.com/user/pkg/cmd/x-cli` <http://github.com/user/pkg/cmd/x-cli>,
> because:
> > 1. `go get` does not understand Makefile
> > 2. `go generate` does not execute with `go build` automatically.
> >
> > What should I do in order to plug the extra information (in my case, the
> git version) if my user uses "go get"?
>
> I don't think that can be done. Also IINM, in module mode `go get` no
> longer uses git. It just downloads the zipped version of the
> appropriate tag via http from the hosting service.
>
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