mkgo

Create a Go main module using template source file

mkgo creates a new Go main module using a source code template. It integrates github.com/ardnew/version to embed a version and changelog, and it uses the standard flag package to accept command-line arguments. The module is created at a given Go import path relative to the first path found in the user's GOPATH environment variable.

Usage

Simply provide the Go import path of the desired module:

mkgo github.com/ardnew/mycmd

Also generate a simple README.md (with GoDoc and GoReportCard badges) and LICENSE (MIT) file:

mkgo -r -l MIT -u ardnew github.com/ardnew/mycmd

If there were no errors, you should see the following output:

mkgo: successfully created "github.com/ardnew/myapp": /home/andrew/Code/go/src/github.com/ardnew/myapp

Use the -h flag for usage summary:

Usage of mkgo:
  -changelog
		display change history
  -d string
		date of initial revision (default "2020 Oct 10")
  -f    force overwriting file if it already exists
  -l string
		create a LICENSE file (options: MIT)
  -r    create a simple README.md
  -s string
		semantic version of initial revision (default "0.1.0")
  -u string
		user name for license file copyright (default "andrew")
  -version
		display version information

Installation

Use the builtin Go package manager:

go get -v github.com/ardnew/mkgo