Testify not installed with go test -i

[mlafeldt]

Unfortunately, testify doesn't get installed as a test dependency when running go test -i ./.... Instead, I have to manually run go get github.com/stretchr/testify before I can use it for any project.

This somewhat subverts the idea of (test) dependencies that are automatically installed, no?

[tylerstillwater]

go test -i doesn't download dependencies for any tests. You should only have to run go get once for any dependency. At that point, it will be downloaded to your $GOPATH/src directory and available to any package from that point forward.

[mlafeldt]

If that's the case, what does this mean:

$ go help test
...
    -i
        Install packages that are dependencies of the test.
        Do not run the test.

[tylerstillwater]

It means the packages are compiled and installed to $GOPATH/pkg. This prevents them from being compiled each time the test runs, thus speeding up your testing.

[mlafeldt]

So I didn't understand the command in the first place. Thanks for the clarification!