Like git
, the goenv
command delegates to subcommands based on its
first argument.
All subcommands are:
goenv commands
goenv completions
goenv exec
goenv global
goenv help
goenv hooks
goenv init
goenv install
goenv local
goenv prefix
goenv rehash
goenv root
goenv shell
goenv shims
goenv uninstall
goenv version
goenv --version
goenv version-file
goenv version-file-read
goenv version-file-write
goenv version-name
goenv version-origin
goenv versions
goenv whence
goenv which
Lists all available goenv commands.
Provides auto-completion for itself and other commands by calling them with --complete
.
Run an executable with the selected Go version.
Assuming there's an already installed golang by e.g goenv install 1.11.1
and
selected by e.g goenv global 1.11.1
,
> goenv exec go run main.go
Sets the global version of Go to be used in all shells by writing
the version name to the ~/.goenv/version
file. This version can be
overridden by an application-specific .go-version
file, or by
setting the GOENV_VERSION
environment variable.
> goenv global 1.5.4
# Showcase
> goenv versions
system
* 1.5.4 (set by /Users/go-nv/.goenv/version)
> goenv version
1.5.4 (set by /Users/go-nv/.goenv/version)
> go version
go version go1.5.4 darwin/amd64
The special version name system
tells goenv to use the system Go
(detected by searching your $PATH
).
When run without a version number, goenv global
reports the
currently configured global version.
Parses and displays help contents from a command's source file.
A command is considered documented if it starts with a comment block
that has a Summary:
or Usage:
section. Usage instructions can
span multiple lines as long as subsequent lines are indented.
The remainder of the comment block is displayed as extended
documentation.
> goenv help help
> goenv help install
List hook scripts for a given goenv command
> goenv hooks uninstall
Configure the shell environment for goenv. Must have if you want to integrate goenv
with your shell.
The following displays how to integrate goenv
with your user's shell:
> goenv init
Usually it boils down to adding to your .bashrc
or .zshrc
the following:
eval "$(goenv init -)"
Install a Go version (using go-build
). It's required that the version is a known installable definition by go-build
. Alternatively, supply latest
as an argument to install the latest version available to goenv.
> goenv install 1.11.1
Sets a local application-specific Go version by writing the version
name to a .go-version
file in the current directory. This version
overrides the global version, and can be overridden itself by setting
the GOENV_VERSION
environment variable or with the goenv shell
command.
> goenv local 1.6.1
When run without a version number, goenv local
reports the currently
configured local version. You can also unset the local version:
> goenv local --unset
Previous versions of goenv stored local version specifications in a
file named .goenv-version
. For backwards compatibility, goenv will
read a local version specified in an .goenv-version
file, but a
.go-version
file in the same directory will take precedence.
You can specify local Go version.
> goenv local 1.5.4
# Showcase
> goenv versions
system
* 1.5.4 (set by /Users/syndbg/path/to/project/.go-version)
> goenv version
1.5.4 (set by /Users/syndbg/path/to/project/.go-version)
> go version
go version go1.5.4 darwin/amd64
Displays the directory where a Go version is installed. If no version is given, `goenv prefix' displays the location of the currently selected version.
> goenv prefix
/home/go-nv/.goenv/versions/1.11.1
Installs shims for all Go binaries known to goenv (i.e.,
~/.goenv/versions/*/bin/*
).
Run this command after you install a new
version of Go, or install a package that provides binaries.
> goenv rehash
Display the root directory where versions and shims are kept
> goenv root
/home/go-nv/.goenv
Sets a shell-specific Go version by setting the GOENV_VERSION
environment variable in your shell. This version overrides
application-specific versions and the global version.
> goenv shell 1.5.4
When run without a version number, goenv shell
reports the current
value of GOENV_VERSION
. You can also unset the shell version:
> goenv shell --unset
Note that you'll need goenv's shell integration enabled (refer to Installation in order to use this command. If you
prefer not to use shell integration, you may simply set the
GOENV_VERSION
variable yourself:
> export GOENV_VERSION=1.5.4
List existing goenv shims
> goenv shims
/home/go-nv/.goenv/shims/go
/home/go-nv/.goenv/shims/godoc
/home/go-nv/.goenv/shims/gofmt
Uninstalls the specified version if it exists, otherwise - error.
> goenv uninstall 1.6.3
Displays the currently active Go version, along with information on how it was set.
> goenv version
1.11.1 (set by /home/syndbg/work/go-nv/goenv/.go-version)
Show version of goenv
in format of goenv <version>
.
Detect the file that sets the current goenv version
> goenv version-file
/home/syndbg/work/go-nv/goenv/.go-version
Reads specified version file if it exists
> goenv version-file-read ./go-version
1.11.1
Writes specified version(s) to the specified file if the version(s) exist
> goenv version-file-write ./go-version 1.11.1
Shows the current Go version
> goenv version-name
1.11.1
Explain how the current Go version is set.
> goenv version-origin
/home/go-nv/.goenv/version)
Lists all Go versions known to goenv, and shows an asterisk next to the currently active version.
> goenv versions
1.4.0
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.5.4
1.6.0
* 1.6.1 (set by /home/go-nv/.goenv/version)
1.6.2
Lists all Go versions with the given command installed.
> goenv whence go
1.3.0
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.4.0
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.5.4
1.6.0
1.6.1
1.6.2
Displays the full path to the executable that goenv will invoke when you run the given command.
> goenv which gofmt
/home/go-nv/.goenv/versions/1.6.1/bin/gofmt