go-vendorinstall

Install go binaries from vendor dependencies.

About

Vendoring works well enough for managing external dependencies, but the tooling suffers when it comes to installing binaries based on vendored dependencies. In addition to the benefits of having a self contained repository, it is often necessary to match binary versions to imported package version, e.g. code generators.

go-vendorinstall creates a temporary GOPATH, symlinks your vendored dependencies, and performs go install with GOBIN set to your default $GOPATH/bin so binaries end up on your PATH (-source and -target are configurable). For extra commands (commands), target is added to the path.

Install

go-vendorinstall is a single package with no dependencies.

Install with go get, or for a zero-dependency setup, copy or vendor main.go into your own repo. (go install github.com/someone/someproject/vendor/github.com/roboll/go-vendorinstall works)

Usage

go-vendorinstall [-quiet] [-source ./vendor] [-target /usr/local/bin] [-commands "gometalinter --install,echo hello world"] {packages...}

Usage of go-vendorinstall:
  -commands string
    	comma separated list of commands to execute after go install in temporary environment
  -quiet
    	disable output
  -source string
    	source directory (default "vendor")
  -target string
    	target directory (defaults to $GOBIN, if not set $GOPATH/bin)