go-bin

go-bin

Get Go binaries by version tag

local install

$ npm install --save go-bin

cli install

$ npm install --global go-bin

api

returns promise which resolves to newly created Go directory

• options (Object)
  • includeTag - optional
    • description: Include subdirectory with go-${version}
    • type: String
    • default: true
  • version - required
    • description: Go version tag
    • type: String
    • example: 1.8.3
  • dir - optional
    • description: Output path Go binaries will land in
    • type: String
    • example: C:\\Go (unless includeTag = false final path would be C:\\Go\\go-1.8.3)
    • default: __dirname + 'vendor'

programmatic usage

const goBin = require('go-bin')
goBin({version: '1.8.3', dir: '~/here'}).then(console.log).catch(console.error)

cli usage

$ go-bin -v 1.8.3 -d ~/here
# ~/here/go-1.8.3

related

• ngo - Run Go commands, whether your Go env is in place or not

• go-versions - Get list of Go version tags

• go-latest - Get latest Go version tag

license

MIT © Andrew Carpenter