go-fast

Binary snippets for fast compilation Go projects that will increase your free time in 5x times.

go-fast-compile

Just compile your project without linking. This binary is suitable only for on-save hooks in your favorite editor.

go-fast-build

Build project only if source code has been changed. This binary is suitable for daily usage, it's must have binary for integration tests that run on save.

Efficiency

for x in `seq 1 20`; do time go build; done 2>&1 | awk '{ x += sprintf("%f", $9); } END { printf x/NR; }'
for x in `seq 1 20`; do time go-fast-compile; done 2>&1 | awk '{ x += sprintf("%f", $8); } END { printf x/NR; }'

project	go build	go-fast-compile	profit
orgalorg, 2789 lines	2.343	0.826	3x faster
shadowc, 960 lines	2.011	0.456	5x faster
manul, 502 lines	1.558	0.267	7x faster

Installation

Arch Linux (god bless you) users can install package go-fast from AUR:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/go-fast/

other distros:

$ git clone https://github.com/kovetskiy/go-fast
$ cd go-fast
$ sudo make install

Usage

Of course go-fast's stuff works as go build binary and all passed variables will be passed to Go.