Local Go Development with GVM

installing_and_using_gvm.bash

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# to install gvm #
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# install gvm
bash < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/moovweb/gvm/master/binscripts/gvm-installer) 2>/dev/null

# this should be done automatically, but we'll double check that it's there
! grep -q 'gvm' "$HOME/.bash_profile" && \
echo '[[ -s "$HOME/.gvm/scripts/gvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.gvm/scripts/gvm"' >> ~/.bash_profile

# to start using gvm right away
source ~/.bash_profile

# update gvm if it's already installed
gvm update

# install go1.1.1
gvm install go1.1.1 2>/dev/null

# add gvm version preference to .bash_profile
! grep -q 'gvm use go1.1.1' "$HOME/.bash_profile" && \
echo 'gvm use go1.1.1 >/dev/null' >> ~/.bash_profile

gvm use go1.1.1

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# using gvm for local development #
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# You'll want to link your go projects into your `src` directory
# so `go install` can find the local copies instead of what's on GitHub.
# For example, with a namespace of `github.com/modcloth-labs/mithril`

cd ~/workspace/<project-name>
gvm linkthis "github.com/<github-org>/<project-name>"