Go binary distribution made easy
go get -u github.com/go-dist
I got tired of making "releases" in github, especially for my tiny projects. go-dist will build any github repo's binaries via a website and allow you to download the binaries without you needing to build them yourself. Simply link to the binaries and go-dist will rebuild the binary for you and serve them up to your users.
docker run -d -P --restart=always --name go-dist kcmerrill/go-dist
The binary section is this project in action!
Setup go-dist by seeing installation/binaries above, or check out this project running at: https://go-dist.kcmerrill.com
- To get an easy copy/paste markdown
https://go-dist.kcmerrill.com/<github_username>/<project_name> - Example: https://go-dist.kcmerrill.com/kcmerrill/go-dist
- Example: https://go-dist.kcmerrill.com/kcmerrill/alfred
- Or ... you can manually create the links like so:
https://go-dist.kcmerrill.com/<github_username>/<project_name>/<OS:mac|linux|windows>/<arch_type:amd64|386|arm>
Of course, I'm using https://go-dist.kcmerrill.com in these examples, but you can substitute wherever go-dist is running
Using the --cache <string golang time.duration, 10s, 60m, 1h ... > will invalidate the cache. This means that the binary will be rebuilt. You can use webhooks to invalidate the cache. Simply setup a webhok to send everything to https://go-dist.kcmerrill.com/<github_username>/<github_project>. Anytime anything is merged into master we'll invalidate the cache so the next user gets a fresh copy of your binary.
The first user gets to "warm" up the cache. This is intended.
Also, there are quite a few of known limitations when it comes to cross compiling. If you are noticing issues with your binaries, chances are likely there are open/stale github issues in the golang issue tracker.
When a user clicks on the link, if it's been over a half hour since the project was built, or if a binary/project doesn't exist, go get -u <project>. Then, using the great work over at mitchellh/gox, generate the binary on the fly. Until webhooks are integreated, the first person to get a non-cached version it will be a bit slower for.
- More error checking
- Better user interface
- Better looking github markdown
- Currently only supports github public projects, enable private/non-github repos