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GO(1) General Commands Manual GO(1)

go - tool for managing Go source code

go command [arguments]

The Go distribution includes a command, named go, that automates the downloading, building, installation, and testing of Go packages and commands.

Each command is documented in its own manpage. For example, the build command is documented in go-build(1). The commands are:

compile packages and dependencies
remove object files
run godoc on package sources
print Go environment information
run go tool fix on packages
run gofmt on package sources
download and install packages and dependencies
compile and install packages and dependencies
list packages
compile and run Go program
test packages
run specified go tool
print Go version
run go tool vet on packages

TODO

go-build(1), go-clean(1).

This manual page was written by Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

2012-05-13