This project is now obsolete. Hurray! Go release 1, (tagged as go1 in hg), 
makes this project irrelevant with the new `go` command

Description
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gobuild is an automatic build tool that aims to replace Makefiles for simple
projects written in the Go programming language. It creates a dependency graph
of all local imports and compiles them in the right order using the gc Go
compiler.


Compiling
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gobuild comes with a Makefile, so running 'make' and 'make install' will build
and install it.

If you have an older version of gobuild, running gobuild without parameters
inside the source directory should be enough to compile it.


Usage
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Only pure Go code is supported right now. Building something that needs C code
won't work.

Building an executable:

For most simple applications it should be enough to run gobuild without any
parameters. If there are multiple main functions in different files you have to
give the file name for one or more of these files in the command line. You can
also build all of them with the -a option.

Files that are inside the main package but don't have a main function will be
included by default. To prevent this you can use the option -single-main.

Building a library:

Library files (.a) can be build by running 'gobuild -lib' inside the source
directory of your files. Each package will result in its own library file.
If you want to build only certain packages you can give their names as
parameters to gobuild.

Testing/Benchmarks:

If there are any files ending in _test.go you can build a test-executable
with 'gobuild -t'. This will create a new executable called '_testmain'.
Test/Benchmark functions must match the official naming convention, see
http://golang.org/doc/code.html#Testing for more details.
To run the test you can either run 'gobuild -t -run' or run the _testmain
executable after gobuild. Both methods can have any of the these additional
command line options: -match/-benchmarks/-v.
Without any options, all tests will be run but none of the benchmarks. To
run the benchmarks, use '-benchmarks="."'.

The output of a gobuild test-executable is a bit different from what gotest
does. In addition to "PASS"/"FAIL" or timing values it will also print out the
package name that is being tested/benchmarked. The exit code will still be 1 if
any test failed.


Parameters
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> gobuild [options] [gofile(s)]
> gobuild -lib [options] [gopackage(s)]
> gobuild -t [options]

 gofile(s)
        For building an executable you can give one or more go-file names
        that must have a main function inside. The resulting executable will
        be called after the filename, but without extension.
        This parameter is optional if there's only one main file or the
        parameter -a is given.
        
 gopackage(s)
        If building a library you can give a list of packages that should
        be build. Only those packages will be build into libraries.

 -a
        Build all executables.

 -benchmarks <regular expression>
        Same syntax as in gotest. This will only be used together with -t -run.
        Any Bench* function that matches the regular expression will be run
        during the benchmarks. If this is empty no benchmarks will be run.
 
 -clean
        Deletes all temporary files. Files are the same as 'make clean' and
        it is possible that this will delete important files if called inside
        the wrong directory.

 -include-hidden
        Include files in hidden directories and hidden files.

 -keep-a-files
	Prevents the automatic deletion of .a files for packages that are inside
	the current src directory. Not deleting .a files can lead to errors so only
	use this option if you know what you are doing.

 -lib
        Build all packages, excluding the main package, into library files (.a).

 -match <regular expression>
        Same syntax as in gotest. This will only be used together with -t -run.
        Any Test* function that matches the regular expression will be run
        during testing. If this is empty all tests will be run.
       
 -o <filename/dir>
        This parameter can either have a filename or a directory as parameter.
        File names only work for executables while directories will also work
        when building librarys.
        If building an executable without giving an output file name the default
        name will be the same as the .go file name without extension.
 
 -q
        Quiet mode, only print warnings and errors (overwrites -v).

 -qq
        Quieter mode, only print errors (overwrites -v and -q).

 -run
        Runs all executables after building them. If used together with -t it
        will run the _testmain executable and pass over any of these options:
        -benchmarks/-match/-v.
        To quiet the build process, use either -q or -qq.

 -single-main
        Don't include files from the main package without main function to
        the one with main function when compiling.

 -t
        Build all _test.go files into a single _testmain application. This
        option will create a temporary file called _testmain.go (and overwrite
        any existing file with that name).
        Tests are run for each package seperately so the test output is a bit
        different from what gotest produces.
        To run the tests either run _testmain after building it, or use the
        additional command line option -run. With -run -benchmarks/-match/-v
        will also be passed on to _testmain.

 -v
        Verbose mode, print debug messages.