Error: Missing Git about golang-docker HOT 3 CLOSED

go-wrapper download command requires git. The image gcr.io/google-appengine/golang does not contain git. Looking at the golang image, its base image buildpack-deps:jessie-scm does contain git.

gcr.io/google-appengine/golang image is meant for building AppEngine Flex applications where the assumption is that all Go source files including dependencies are locally present.

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Thank you!

i guess i'm still confused, is gcr.io/google-appengine/golang required for deploying to GAE flex? docs seem to suggest that here. if it is required, my question is what does it include that makes it required?

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Nope, unless your app actually uses the Go SDK and other Unix binaries during runtime. If you are using a custom runtime, you can use a Dockerfile that will produce a minimal set of binaries/files for your app's runtime. That page describes the simplest approach to get a Go binary in a Docker image, but the resulting app image will contain a lot more than necessary.

Go App Engine Flex beta currently uses a different build pipeline that will produce an application image w/o containing the Go SDK nor the standard Unix binaries. See announcement here.

If you are deploying on Flex, do give it a try. If you are not deploying on Flex, but would like to reuse the new builder image, this readme shows a simple example.

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