getand

Overview

Getand/install is a redistrutable installation script for go packages that have dependencies. You list dependent packages directly in the script and what branch/tag/commit need to be checked out before installation. Then your users need to just get your package and run the script for an easy install.

Usage

• Clone this repo directly in the folder of you project.

• Modify install.go to list your specific dependencies and remove any files you don't want to redistibute.

• Now all your users have to do is go get -d yourpackage and then go run getand/install.go from the package directory.

Motivation

go get works for many cases when you don't care about working out the master branch. Also, there is also an automatic checkout function that gets a commit with a tag that lists a specific go version. However, this isn't necessarily flexible when people are using different different go versions and your dependencies need to have that specific tag.

I do know of go dep but that's not official and while package managers can be extremely useful they do have their drawbacks. So the other option is a custom install tool. This gives you full control at the expense of having to maintain it. In practice, I don't find this problematic as long as you can keep it simple.

License

This software is released under the public domain and dual licensed under the MIT license for entities that don't recognize works under the public domain.