`go get github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial` doesn't work. about vim-go-tutorial HOT 11 CLOSED

@dmikalova yes as @deepthawtz said that's the case for it. I think we can rephrase it better in the tutorial :)

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I think the purpose of running that command is to create a scratch space for following along w/ the tutorial, you'll be the one adding Go code in that directory

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@fatih yo, thanks for putting this tutorial together. Have been enjoying & using vim-go for a while and never knew many of these features existed. I think :GoCoverage just blew my mind

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@deepthawtz Yup, I just cloned the repo and have been working through it. However, the tutorial says the following which doesn't work:

If you already have a GOPATH set up just execute:
go get github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial

Adding any go file should work, I just don't know how @fatih would want to handle it.

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Actually there is only one example that requires a GOPATH. But having it inside a GOPATH from the beginning is future proof and thus better looking forward. I'll add a file as it seems to be better.

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@fatih
I am running this on OSX 10.11.6

I am still seeing this issue today. Just started working the vim-go tutorial.

I have a path set up for my user:

$HOME/golang/work/src/github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial
As shown by this grep out:

set | grep GO
GOPATH=/Users/mylogin/golang/work
GOROOT=/usr/local/opt/go/libexec

I follow my understanding of the tutorial:

For the tutorial, all our examples will be under GOPATH/src/github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial/. Please be sure you're inside this folder. Create if necessary. This will make it easy to follow the tutorial.

So I go there as shown by this pwd out:

pwd
/Users/mylogin/golang/work/src/github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial

I run the command and get the error as shown here:

go get github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial
can't load package: package github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial: no buildable Go source files in /Users/mylogin/golang/work/src/github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial

I had go installed by Homebrew before starting this tutorial. Could that be a source of problems?

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@InvisibleTech

I think it errors because the folder is already there. If you delete vim-go-tutorial and and do another go get it'll download it. But it's ok if it's there, just continue following the tutorial :)

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That did work for me. I had manually created the folder before running the go get command because I interpreted "Create if necessary." as immediate from the tutorial text copied below:

For the tutorial, all our examples will be under GOPATH/src/github.com/fatih/vim-go-tutorial/. Please be sure you're inside this folder. Create if necessary. This will make it easy to follow the tutorial.

I was in follow-the-steps mode.

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@InvisibleTech good catch, let me fix the wordings as they both contradict with each other.

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@InvisibleTech I've updated the tutorial, thanks for the feedback.

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Crap I just submitted a PR for that just now. No wonder my fresh clone PR got merge conflict warnings. Well whatever commit is best....

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