Simple Makefile for Go projects
Published on 2014-12-21 14:25
TL;DR;
How to create a simple Makefile for building Go projects.
So, I’ve recently started coding in Go and found that when moving projects between different computers, it was a hassle to remember which dependencies I needed to install, which commands did what, etc. So I created my own Makefile which means I only need to remember “make”, “make test” and “make run”.
After some trial and errors, this is the Makefile I found to work well enough:
all: project_name
project_name: *.go subdirectory/*.go
go build .
clean:
rm -rf project_name
run:
./project_name
test:
go test ./... -v
install_deps:
go get -u github.com/user/package
Disclaimer
I’ve just started working in Go, so this file is by all means not the perfect Makefile out there for Go, it’s just something I’ve fiddled with to get a smooth experience working with Go projects.
If you have a better solution on how to handle this, please send me a Tweet @hagbarddenstore