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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go b/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go index 80b30d5ac..17cc06969 100644 --- a/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go +++ b/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go @@ -10,14 +10,33 @@ It maintains a list of public Go packages at http://godashboard.appspot.com/pack Usage: goinstall [flags] importpath... + goinstall [flags] -a Flags and default settings: + -a=false install all previously installed packages -dashboard=true tally public packages on godashboard.appspot.com - -update=false update already-downloaded packages + -log=true log installed packages to $GOROOT/goinstall.log for use by -a + -u=false update already-downloaded packages -v=false verbose operation -Goinstall installs each of the packages identified on the command line. -It installs a package's prerequisites before trying to install the package itself. +Goinstall installs each of the packages identified on the command line. It +installs a package's prerequisites before trying to install the package +itself. Unless -log=false is specified, goinstall logs the import path of each +installed package to $GOROOT/goinstall.log for use by goinstall -a. + +If the -a flag is given, goinstall reinstalls all previously installed +packages, reading the list from $GOROOT/goinstall.log. After updating to a +new Go release, which deletes all package binaries, running + + goinstall -a + +will recompile and reinstall goinstalled packages. + +Another common idiom is to use + + goinstall -a -u + +to update, recompile, and reinstall all goinstalled packages. The source code for a package with import path foo/bar is expected to be in the directory $GOROOT/src/pkg/foo/bar/. If the import @@ -31,8 +50,8 @@ if necessary. The recognized code hosting sites are: GitHub (Git) - import "github.com/user/project.git" - import "github.com/user/project.git/sub/directory" + import "github.com/user/project" + import "github.com/user/project/sub/directory" Google Code Project Hosting (Mercurial, Subversion) @@ -44,17 +63,17 @@ if necessary. The recognized code hosting sites are: Launchpad - import "launchpad.net/project - import "launchpad.net/project/series - import "launchpad.net/project/series/sub/directory + import "launchpad.net/project" + import "launchpad.net/project/series" + import "launchpad.net/project/series/sub/directory" - import "launchpad.net/~user/project/branch - import "launchpad.net/~user/project/branch/sub/directory + import "launchpad.net/~user/project/branch" + import "launchpad.net/~user/project/branch/sub/directory" If the destination directory (e.g., $GOROOT/src/pkg/bitbucket.org/user/project) already exists and contains an appropriate checkout, goinstall will not -attempt to fetch updates. The -update flag changes this behavior, +attempt to fetch updates. The -u flag changes this behavior, causing goinstall to update all remote packages encountered during the installation. |