Incremental build support in `go build` would be much appreciated.
AIUI, the only way to have incremental builds using standard go tools are
through `go install`; but `go install` is not a compiler/linker/builder and
it doesn't simply build a go project.
Even if `go build` doesn't handle incremental builds, if I can use whatever
the equivalent of `gcc -c example.c -o example.o` and `gcc -o binary
example.o example2.o ...` are, I'd be happy, since then I could integrate
it with make. I'm guessing this has been asked before, since it sounds like
a wish I expect many people would have had, but I couldn't find any
discussions related to this.
On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 12:24:49 AM UTC+5:30, Jaana Burcu Dogan
wrote:
>
> Hello gophers,
>
> I am going to spend some time on improving the not-documented or
> hard-to-use parts of the Go tools. I will mainly focus on go build and go
> test. The work will consist of reorganizing manuals, proposing new
> subcommands or flags to support commonly used multi-step things and so on.
>
> To give you some concrete examples:
>
> I have been in cases where users cannot find the build flags because they
> are hidden. E.g.
>
> $ go test -help
> test [build/test flags] [packages] [build/test flags & test binary
> flags]
> ...
>
> requires you to know about where the build flags are. Some tools are
> invisible for the newcomers.
>
> The other example is about test coverage. It is so tedious that I need an
> alias.
>
> func gocover() {
> go test -v -coverprofile=coverage.out && go tool cover
> -html=coverage.out
> }
>
> I want to learn more about your experience, aliases, etc to propose
> improvements and work on the most commonly suggested items. I also am
> planning to go through this mailing list, stack overflow and other channels
> to see the common complaints.
>
> Feel free to reply to this thread or write to me privately.
>
> Thanks,
> JBD
>
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