GitHub - kevincobain2000/gobrew: Go version manager, written in Go. Super simple tool to install and manage Go versions. Install go without root. Gobrew doesn't require shell rehash. (original) (raw)

gobrew

Go version manager, written in Go
Update and switch Go versions easily
Install Go on Linux or Mac (intel) or Mac with Apple chip (M1 to M4) or Windows

Quick Setup: One command to install Go and manage versions.

Hassle Free: Doesn't require root or sudo, or shell re-hash.

Platform: Supports (arm64, arch64, Mac, Mac M1, Ubuntu and Windows).

Flexible: Manage multiple Go versions including beta and rc.

Colorful: Colorful output.

CI

Install or update

Step 1

Using curl (mac, linux) - recommended

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevincobain2000/gobrew/master/git.io.sh | bash

Using powershell (windows)

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevincobain2000/gobrew/master/git.io.ps1'))

Using go

go install github.com/kevincobain2000/gobrew/cmd/gobrew@latest

Step 2

Now add PATH setting your shell config file (.bashrc or .zshrc).

export PATH="$HOME/.gobrew/current/bin:$HOME/.gobrew/bin:$PATH"

All DONE!

Execute gobrew command from any dir.

Quick Usage

Simply use command gobrew from any dir. It will auto detect if Go version is set, or not latest, or not same as go.mod file.

gobrew command

Full Usage

Smart command

Specific commands

Will install and set Go

Will automatically install and set Go

gobrew use mod #from go.mod gobrew use latest #latest stable gobrew use dev-latest #latest of latest including rc|beta

Will only install it

gobrew install 1.16 gobrew use 1.16

Uninstall a version

List installed versions gobrew ls

gobrew command

List available versions gobrew ls-remote

gobrew command

All commands

╰─$ gobrew help

gobrew 1.10.7

Usage:

gobrew use <version>           Install and set <version>
gobrew ls                      Alias for list
gobrew ls-remote               List remote versions (including rc|beta versions)

gobrew install <version>       Only install <version> (binary from official or GOBREW_REGISTRY env)
gobrew uninstall <version>     Uninstall <version>
gobrew list                    List installed versions
gobrew self-update             Self update this tool
gobrew prune                   Uninstall all go versions except current version
gobrew version                 Show gobrew version
gobrew help                    Show this message

Examples: gobrew use 1.16 # use go version 1.16 gobrew use 1.16.1 # use go version 1.16.1 gobrew use 1.16rc1 # use go version 1.16rc1

gobrew use 1.16@latest         # use go version latest of 1.16

gobrew use 1.16@dev-latest     # use go version latest of 1.16, including rc and beta
                               # Note: rc and beta become no longer latest upon major release

gobrew use mod                 # use go version listed in the go.mod file
gobrew use latest              # use go version latest available
gobrew use dev-latest          # use go version latest avalable, including rc and beta

Installation Path:

Add gobrew to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

export PATH="$HOME/.gobrew/current/bin:$HOME/.gobrew/bin:$PATH" export GOPATH="$HOME/.gobrew/current/go"

Uninstall gobrew

Use it in Github Actions

For more details: https://github.com/kevincobain2000/action-gobrew

on: [push] name: CI jobs: test: strategy: matrix: go-version: [1.13, 1.18, 1.18@latest, 1.19beta1, 1.19@dev-latest, latest, dev-latest, mod] os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest] runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }} steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v2 - uses: kevincobain2000/action-gobrew@v2 with: version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}

  - name: Go
    run: go version

Using Bash completions

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevincobain2000/gobrew/master/completions/bash/gobrew-completion > /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/gobrew

or

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevincobain2000/gobrew/master/completions/bash/gobrew-completion >> ~/.zshrc

or

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevincobain2000/gobrew/master/completions/bash/gobrew-completion >> ~/.bashrc

Customization

By default, gobrew is installed in $HOME as $HOME/.gobrew.

You can change this by setting the GOBREW_ROOT environment variable.

optionally set

echo "export GOBREW_ROOT=/usr/local/share" >> ~/.bashrc

optionally set

echo "export GOBREW_ROOT=/usr/local/share" >> ~/.zshrc

#then curl -sLk https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevincobain2000/gobrew/master/git.io.sh | sh

Set GOPATH in your shell config file (.bashrc or .zshrc).

optionally set

export GOPATH="$HOME/.gobrew/current/go"

CHANGELOG

DEVELOPMENT NOTES

go run ./cmd/gobrew -h golangci-lint run ./... go test -v ./...