FWIW, I think this issue tracks a similar request:
#30515 cmd/go: offer a consistent "global install" command
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/30515
It was tagged as a release-blocker for Go 1.13, but I think time ran out.
One outcome considered there was a new argument to 'go get' such as 'go get
-b', where '-b' might be for 'binary' or 'bare' and would just install a
binary without updating the current go.mod. A less likely outcome might be
re-purposing 'go install' to do the same thing.
That issue could be a good place to comment if you have a specific idea,
etc.
Regards,
thepudds
On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 10:02:31 PM UTC-4, kortschak wrote:
>
> I also.
>
> We have to add additional mess to our build scripts when we get testing
> dependencies that are not part of our distribution to avoid
> contaminating the go.{mod,sum} in the repo root.
>
> This has repeatedly been a source of irritation and frustration.
>
> Dan
>
> On Thu, 2019-09-05 at 11:36 -0700, Michael Ellis wrote:
> > I second Jan's request for light-shedding. It's one thing to add
> > real
> > indirect dependencies. I can sort of understand that. Can't think of
> > a
> > sensible reason for adding dependencies that are unrelated to the
> > code in
> > the module.
> >
> > On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 2:23:11 PM UTC-4, Jan Mercl wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:18 PM <mihaib...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Running 'go get ...' inside a module can add indirect
> > > > dependencies to
> > >
> > > go.mod.
> > >
> > > I'm surprised. There's probably some rationale behind `go get`
> > > having
> > > such side effects. Can anyone please shed some light on this?
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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