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Go (go)

Installs Go and common Go utilities.

Example Usage

"features": {
    "ghcr.io/bartventer/arch-devcontainer-features/go:1": {}
}

Options

Options Id Description Type Default Value
goVersion Version of Go to install (https://go.dev/dl/, https://github.com/golang/go/tags). string latest
golangciLintVersion Version of golangci-lint to install (https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases). string latest
installGoReleaser Whether to install GoReleaser (https://goreleaser.com/). boolean false
installGox Whether to install gox, a tool for Go cross compilation that parallelizes builds for multiple platforms (https://github.com/mitchellh/gox). boolean false
installKo Whether to install ko, a container image builder for Go applications (https://github.com/ko-build/ko). boolean false
installYaegi Whether to install Yaegi, a Go interpreter that includes the yaegi command-line interpreter/REPL (https://github.com/traefik/yaegi). boolean false
installAir Whether to install Air, a live reload tool for Go applications (https://github.com/cosmtrek/air). boolean false
installCobraCli Whether to install Cobra CLI, a library for creating powerful modern CLI applications (https://github.com/spf13/cobra-cli/blob/main/README.md). boolean false

Customizations

VS Code Extensions

  • golang.Go
  • 766b.go-outliner
  • jinliming2.vscode-go-template
  • premparihar.gotestexplorer

OS Support

This Feature should work on recent versions of Arch Linux.

Available User Scripts

The following scripts are available for managing Go installations and tools:

  • go-install.sh
    Located in /usr/local/bin/go-install.sh.
    Use this script to upgrade or install a specific version of Go.
    Example usage:

    # run the following command as root or with sudo
go-install.sh go1.25.0

  • go-tools-install.sh
    Located in /usr/local/bin/go-tools-install.sh.
    Use this script to install or upgrade the Go tools listed in /usr/local/share/go-tools.txt.
    Example usage:

    # run the following command as root or with sudo
go-tools-install.sh

    You can edit /usr/local/share/go-tools.txt to customize which Go tools are installed.

Note: This file was auto-generated from the devcontainer-feature.json. Add additional notes to a NOTES.md.