kellegous/gorun

An easier way to build and run go programs.

GoRun - an easier way to build and run go programs.

I don't always write go code, but when I do I loathe using Makefiles. Instead of edit-make-run, I wanted to simply run the go source files directly. gorun makes that possible.

Getting Started

// hello.go
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
  fmt.Println("hello go")
}

$ gorun hello.go
hello go

Options

--goroot=directory the path to your GOROOT.

--build-dir=directory a path to which build artifacts are written. By default, the artifacts will be written to the directory out.

--output=file create the executable file at file.

--alias=package:import allows you to build a package to a particular import path. A good example is the mgo library internally imports "launchpad.net/mgo" and, of course, its package name is mgo. To allow the use of import "launchpad.net/mgo", simply provide the flag --alias=mgo:launchpad.net/mgo.

Common Example

main.go

package main
import (
  "fmt"
  "mylib"
)
func main() {
  fmt.Println(mylib.Name())
}

mylib.go

package mylib
func Name() string {
  return "MyLib"
}

$ gorun *.go
MyLib