The forgotten go tool that executes and caches binaries included in go.mod files.

The forgotten go tool that executes and caches binaries included in go.mod files. This makes it easy to version cli tools in your projects such as golangci-lint and ginkgo that are versioned locked to what you specify in go.mod. Binaries are cached by go version and package version.

Example

  # Run a linter
  gomodrun golangci-lint run

  # Convert a JSON object to a Go struct, properly passing in stdin.
  echo example.json | gomodrun gojson > example.go

  # Specifiy alternative root directory containing a go.mod and tools file.
  gomodrun -r ./alternative-tools-dir golangci-lint run

  # Clean your .gomodrun folder of unused binaries.
  gomodrun --tidy

Installation

homebrew (OSX / Linux):

brew install dustinblackman/tap/gomodrun

scoop (Windows):

$ scoop bucket add dustinblackman https://github.com/dustinblackman/scoop-bucket.git
$ scoop install gomodrun

deb/rpm/apk (Linux):

Download the .deb, .rpm or .apk from the releases page and install with dpkg -i, rpm -i, or apk add --allow-untrusted respectively.

nix (Linux):

nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -iA nur.repos.dustinblackman.gomodrun

manually:

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the releases page and copy to the desired location.

go/master branch:

go get -u github.com/dustinblackman/gomodrun/cmd/gomodrun

Usage

gomodrun works by using a tools.go (or any other name) file that sits in the root of your project that contains all the CLI dependencies you want bundled in to your go.mod. Note the // +build tools at the top of the file is required, and allows you to name your tools file anything you like.

tools.go

// +build tools

package myapp

import (
	_ "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint"
	_ "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo"
)

Run go build tools.go to add the dependencies to your go.mod. The build is expected to fail.

CLI

You can run your tools by prefixing gomodrun. A binary will be built and cached in .gomodrun in the root of your project, allowing all runs after the first to be nice and fast.

  gomodrun golangci-lint run

Programmatically

You can also use gomodrun as a library.

package main

import (
	"os"

	"github.com/dustinblackman/gomodrun"
)

func main() {
	exitCode, err := gomodrun.Run("golangci-lint", []string{"run"}, &gomodrun.Options{
		Stdin:   os.Stdin,
		Stdout:  os.Stdout,
		Stderr:  os.Stderr,
		Env:     os.Environ(),
		PkgRoot: "",
	})
}

License

MIT