Reading https://github.com/rogpeppe/gohack en trying some things, I found that you *can* tell go.mod that it should use local files instead of a repository.
I have a test program outside my `~/go` tree with a `go.mod` like this: ``` module peter.nl/tester go 1.16 replace github.com/pebbe/package => /home/peter/go/src/github.com/pebbe/package ``` Then I run this: ``` go get github.com/pebbe/package ``` Now I can build and run the test program, and when I change anything locally in `/home/peter/go/src/github.com/pebbe/package` and build the test program again, it reflects the changes made in the package. This is exactly what I need. Op zaterdag 20 februari 2021 om 13:45:15 UTC+1 schreef ohir: > Dnia 2021-02-20, o godz. 04:10:38 > Peter Kleiweg <pkle...@xs4all.nl> napisał(a): > > > Suppose I am writing a package that is in its own module, and I want > > to test it. Not with unit tests, but with a larger program that uses > > other non-standard packages as well. > [...] > > How do I get this right? > > > > Is there a way to tell go.mod that it should use local files instead > > of a repository, just for the development phase? > > No. You can not replace *files*. You can use workaround with > briliant hack of https://github.com/rogpeppe/gohack > > Other hack is to have two or more modules you want to tinker with > vendored simultaneously to "all interested parties". This can be achieved > in Linux as shared mount, on other OS it need to be exact copy. > It is tedious but works. > > Look at https://github.com/golang/go/issues/27542#issue-357818109 and > https://github.com/golang/go/issues/37755 to get hints about other hacks > people conceived to be able to work on interdependent code. > > Hope this helps, > > -- > Wojciech S. Czarnecki > << ^oo^ >> OHIR-RIPE > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/529fd74b-aad4-4f93-ae19-df9e0a37723dn%40googlegroups.com.
