mister-meeseeks / goto Goto Github PK

Currently always runs install. We need a way to support other functionality like test, doc, build and fmt. None of that works if we're rooted outside the GOPATH. Also we need support for flags in these various commands. User should not be limited in their use of go SDK by their use of goto project structure.

Go repos often include cmd/ as a top-level directory. Problem with goto is that packages resolve to the root level. But that conflicts with the cmd package in the standard library. cmd isn't meant for exporting, just binary compile.

So let's add a trapdoor for handling this functionality.

Create the ability in CLI to specify a command target distinct from the build directory reference. Used primarily for Go commands that don't necessarily take a path. (like go test or go doc)

Support for test all is not enabled. If trying to test on a root package it raises no test code found, instead of running the tests for the entire tree like go test would do.

When passed a directory path, goto test should test cursively through that directory tree unless otherwise specified. Equivalent of go test ./foo/...

If triple dot is appended to a directory it's a test target. goto should infer the directory even in this mode.

Flag to export library packages instead of executable binaries.

Justify why this program is better than Go modules

Make sure that goto projects resolve safely and import recursively. Probably means discovering if an import target is a goto project.

Check behavior when a goto project with import aliasing is imported by a regular Go repo. Document effect.

Expand the examples section to cover full suite of functionality. Add READMEs to each example to explain its purpose.

Define a directive in goto.cfg that sets a root prefix to the entire goto package namespace.

README should be expanded to fully cover the functionality of the program. That includes

• CLI interface options
• Install options
• Dependencies
• default imports
• import directives
• import aliasing