Go Project Template

This repo provides a base template for a new go project.

It is highly opinionated and may not work for your usecase. I write a lot of cobra apps and employ magefiles in place of makefiles, so this template will be very focused around supporting projects of that nature.

Dependencies

• Install homebrew:

  # Linux
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install -y build-essential procps curl file git
  /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
  eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
  
  # macOS
  /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

• Install gvm:

  bash < <(curl -s -S -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moovweb/gvm/master/binscripts/gvm-installer)
  source "${GVM_BIN}"

• Install golang:

  source .gvm

• Install pre-commit:

  brew install pre-commit

• Install Mage:

  go install github.com/magefile/mage@latest

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Developer Environment Setup

1. Fork this project

2. (Optional) If you installed gvm, create golang pkgset specifically for this project:

   gvm pkgset create "${PROJECT}"
   gvm pkgset use "${PROJECT}"

3. Install pre-commit hooks and dependencies:

   mage installPreCommitHooks

4. Update and run pre-commit hooks locally:

   mage runPreCommit

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Usage

To get started, you will need to:

1. Create a new repo with this template
2. Replace all instances of PROJECT_NAME, BIN_NAME, l50, and goproject found throughout the codebase
3. Customize as needed