Awesome, I think that that will work for us FTR, I hadn't realised that `gopls` usurped `goimports` - I shall be updating my ~/.vimrc forthwith :)
On Friday, October 18, 2024 at 3:44:18 PM UTC+10 Axel Wagner wrote: > You can look at `go version -m /path/to/goimports` to get the version of > the golang.org/x/tools module. > I seem to remember that there was a way to get that information out of a > binary programatically as well, but I can't find it right now. You might > try to look at what the `go version` command does, as a starting point. > It's also the same that debug.ReadBuildInfo > <https://pkg.go.dev/runtime/debug#BuildInfo> returns, so that might be a > good starting point as well. > > I'll also note that many if not most Go users these days probably use > gopls rather than goimports. > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 at 07:31, shan...@gmail.com <shan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a need to (programatically) check what version of `goimports` >> someone has installed on their system. >> >> I cannot, for the life of me, figure out if there's a way to do it other >> than >> >> https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/in9IVmPc_fQ/m/O4vYNNAZCQAJto >> golang-nuts >> >> hey brad, is it possible to have a ```goimports version``` so that we >> know what versions we currently have? >> >> I suggest using the command:go get -u -v golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimportsThe >> -v flag will print packages that are rebuilt. If the output is empty, that >> means you already had the latest version. If the output is not empty, that >> means you had an outdated version, but now it's up to date.If you want >> to find out whether your version is up to date before actually updating it, >> you can use gostatus and binstale tools. >> >> -- >> 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...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/811798e7-2a10-460b-892d-f214aefdeaf2n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/811798e7-2a10-460b-892d-f214aefdeaf2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/ce4f5e5a-0c88-4894-91e0-8fb835de4d1dn%40googlegroups.com.
