gotip

Precompiled dev builds for golang

Using gotip to compile dev versions of go can delay CI/unit tests for 4+ minutes as it goes through the whole toolchain compiling process.

This repo compiles go on a daily basis so you can try dev features in an instant:

As of October, the most useful features merged on master are fuzz testing, and of course, Go generics. Note that gotip is made for golang devs, and certainly not ready for production.

💾Installation:

go install github.com/clean8s/gotip-built/gotip@latest
gotip download

Then you can use gotip as you usually use the go CLI: gotip get ..., gotip mod tidy, ... To configure an IDE, you can always check what the tip GOROOT is with gotip env

Alternative: You can also manually extract the build from the GitHub Releases and put it in your $PATH and $GOROOT.

🔒 Verifying download hash:

The download command outputs the SHA-256 hash of the lz4 artifact (it's calculated on-the-go as blocks get downloaded & uncompressed). You can check whether it matches the artifact generated by the GitHub Action - as well as verify the build steps.

🚀 Supported platforms:

• darwin_amd64
• windows_amd64
• linux_amd64

Looking for ARM64 pull requests! The current GH Action is a bit messy since it uses Powershell (win) and Bash (darwin/linux) at the same time, so it should get refactored into a tidier Makefile or a go tool.