azer / go-makefile-example

Example Makefile for Go projects

go-makefile-example

Example project for the Makefile explained in A Good Makefile for Go blog post.

Setup

Run following commands to try it out:

• git clone https://github.com/azer/go-makefile-example.git
• cd go-makefile-example
• go get github.com/azer/yolo (needed for file watch)
• make install
• make start

It should now be running at :7777 (defined in .env file). You can try making a change and see how the server will get recompiled and restarted automatically.

Manual

Run make help to list available commands:

  λ  make help

 Choose a command run in go-makefile-example:

  install   Install missing dependencies. Runs `go get` internally. e.g; make install get=github.com/foo/bar
  start     Start in development mode. Auto-starts when code changes.
  stop      Stop development mode.
  watch     Run given command when code changes. e.g; make watch run="echo 'hey'"
  compile   Compile the binary.
  exec      Run given command, wrapped with custom GOPATH. e.g; make exec run="go test ./..."
  clean     Clean build files. Runs `go clean` internally.

go-makefile-example's Issues

No licence

This makefile is really super cool, but there's no licence associated with this project which legally means the default "all rights reserved" applies. (See GitHub licensing help pages for more info.)

If you could add an open source licence like MIT (or whichever), that would allow those of us working in places with policies about licensing to use it.

start-server already calls stop-server (restart-server == start-server)

go-makefile-example/Makefile

Line 49 in 7718c0c

restart-server: stop-server start-server

Installation failed

Not able to install on Ubuntu 16.04:

$ git clone https://github.com/azer/go-makefile-example.git
$ cd go-makefile-example
$ go get github.com/azer/yolo
package context: unrecognized import path "context" (import path does not begin with hostname)
package net/http/httptrace: unrecognized import path "net/http/httptrace" (import path does not begin with hostname)

Print kills the hot reload

Hi there,
Not sure if this is still maintained, but if yes, here is a bug that I cannot understand in your example:
If you add a fmt.Println("someText") in the main, the hot reload will silently fail. It seems that the binary is not run by yolo

func main() {
    fmt.Println("OK1")
    http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        fmt.Fprintf(w, "message2")
    })

    http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}

I'd be glad to help if you have any idea why