#+title: Go packages
#+date: 2021-07-27 10:38:45 +08:00
#+date_modified: 2021-07-28 10:43:39 +08:00
#+language: en


- [[https://golang.org/ref/mod][reference page]]
- names are traditionally URL-like (e.g., =github.com/gohugoio/hugo=, =github.com/errata-ai/vale=) similar to [[roam:Deno packages]]
- has to be explicitly set with the =go.mod= file (i.e., =module MODULE_NAME=)
- =go.sum= functions similarly to lockfiles containing cryptographic hashes of the modules used for a successful build
- Go modules can be vendored (e.g., =go mod vendor=);
  it will be stored in the =vendor/= directory of the root module
  + example of a project using vendored Go modules is [[https://github.com/errata-ai/vale/tree/v2.5.0][Vale v2.5.0]]