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Tomoyuki KOYAMA
Tomoyuki KOYAMA

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cheat sheet for go mod package management

#go #cheatsheet

This article describes how to use package management commands of go mod.

Project setup 

go mod init github.com/YOUR_USER/YOUR_PROJECT
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Fixing go.mod

This command provides deletion of unused packages and insertion of required packages from go.mod.

go mod tidy
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Install packages which have dependency

This command represents installing packages with dependency resolution.

go get .
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Install a package

This command represents labstack/echo installation.

go get github.com/labstack/echo/v4@latest
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Update packages

This command is for updating the specific package github.com/labstack/echo/v4.

Only update the package to the latest version:

go get github.com/labstack/echo/v4@latest
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Update the package with dependency packages to the latest version:

go get -u github.com/labstack/echo/v4@latest
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