gon

Fast and simple version manager for the Go compiler, written in Go, inspired from nvm.

Installation

Scoop (windows)

 $ scoop install https://github.com/Yakiyo/gon/raw/main/share/scoop/gon.json

Brew

Theres a brew formula at share/brew

More installation methods TBA

Setup

For using the Go compiler installed by gon, you need to add the downloaded path to your PATH environment variable. This can be manually added to the sys path/user path, or be automated in your shell's init script.

For example, in case of bash, add the following line to your ~/.bashrc

export PATH="$(gon path bin)":$PATH

This works the same for zsh too.

For powershell, the following can be added to profile.ps1

$Dir = gon path bin
$User = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User
$Path = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $User)
if (!(";${Path};".ToLower() -like "*;${Dir};*".ToLower())) {
  [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', "${Path};${InstallDir}", $User)
  $Env:Path += ";${Dir}"
}

Usage

For installing a specific version, use the gon install command.

$ gon install latest # install latest Go version

$ gon install v1.20 # install specific version, the `v` suffix is optional

$ gon install # install the version mentioned in `./go.mod`

For uninstalling, the specific version must be mentioned

$ gon uninstall 1.20

Aliases can be added and removed via the gon alias and gon unalias commands.

For using an installed version, run

$ gon use v1.20 # use specific version

$ gon use # use version mentioned in `./go.mod`

The name gon comes from the character Gon Freecss from Hunter X Hunter

Author

Released under MIT License

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