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GoReleaser

goreleaser

GoReleaser builds Go binaries for several platforms, creates a GitHub release and then pushes a Homebrew formula to a repository. All that wrapped in your favorite CI.

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Table of contents

Introduction

GoReleaser is a release automation tool for Golang projects, the goal is to simplify the build, release and publish steps while providing variant customization options for all steps.

GoReleaser is built for CI tools; you only need to download and execute it in your build script. You can customize your release process by createing a goreleaser.yml file. We are also working on integrating with package managers, we currently support Homebrew.

The idea started with a simple shell script, but it quickly became more complex and I also wanted to publish binaries via Homebrew.

So, the all-new GoReleaser was born.

Quick start

In this example we will build, archive and release a Golang project. Create a GitHub repository and add a single main package:

// main.go
package main

func main() {
  println("Ba dum, tss!")
}

By default GoReleaser will build the main.go file located in your current directory, but you can change the build package path in the GoReleaser configuration file.

# goreleaser.yml
# Build customization
build:
  binary: drum-roll
  goos:
    - windows
    - darwin
    - linux
  goarch:
    - amd64

PS: Invalid GOOS/GOARCH combinations will automatically be skipped.

This configuration specifies the build operating systems to Windows, Linux and MacOS using 64bit architecture, the name of the binaries is drum-roll.

GoReleaser will then archive the result binaries of each Os/Arch into a separate file. The default format is {{.Binary}}_{{.Os}}_{{.Arch}}. You can change the archives name and format. You can also replace the OS and the Architecture with your own. Another useful feature is to add files to archives, this is very useful for integrating assets like resource files.

# goreleaser.yml
# Build customization
build:
  main: main.go
  binary: drum-roll
  goos:
    - windows
    - darwin
    - linux
  goarch:
    - amd64
# Archive customization
archive:
  format: tar.gz
  format_overrides:
    - goos: windows
      format: zip
  replacements:
    amd64: 64-bit
    darwin: macOS
    linux: Tux
  files:
    - drum-roll.licence.txt

This configuration will generate tar archives, contains an additional file drum-roll.licence.txt, the archives will be located in:

  • ./dist/drum-roll_windows_64-bit.tar.gz
  • ./dist/drum-roll_macOS_64-bit.tar.gz
  • ./dist/drum-roll_Tux_64-bit.tar.gz

Next export a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable with the repo scope selected. This will be used to deploy releases to your GitHub repository. Create yours here.

$ export GITHUB_TOKEN=`YOUR_TOKEN`

GoReleaser uses the latest Git tag of your repository. Create a tag:

$ git tag -a v0.1.0 -m "First release"

Note: we recommend the use of semantic versioning. We are not enforcing it though. We do remove the v prefix and then enforce that the next character is a number. So, v0.1.0 and 0.1.0 are virtually the same and are both accepted, while version0.1.0 is not.

Now you can run GoReleaser at the root of your repository:

$ goreleaser

That's it! Check your GitHub project's release page. The release should look like this:

image

Environment setup

GitHub Token

GoReleaser requires a GitHub API token with the repo scope checked to deploy the artefacts to GitHub. You can create one here. This token should be added to the environment variables as GITHUB_TOKEN. Here is how to do it with Travis CI: Defining Variables in Repository Settings.

A note about main.version

GoReleaser always sets a main.version ldflag. You can use it in your main.go file:

package main

var version = "master"

func main() {
  println(version)
}

version will always be the name of the current Git tag.

Release customization

GoReleaser provides multiple customizations. We will cover them with the help of goreleaser.yml:

Build customization
# goreleaser.yml
build:
  # Path to main.go file or main package.
  # Default is `.`
  main: ./cmd/main.go

  # Name of the binary.
  # Default is the name of the project directory.
  binary: program

  # Custom build tags.
  # Default is empty
  flags: -tags dev

  # Custom ldflags template.
  # This is parsed with Golang template engine and the following variables
  # are available:
  # - Version
  # - Date
  # - Commit
  # The default is `-s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.Date}}`
  # Date format is `2006-01-02_15:04:05`
  ldflags_template: -s -w -X main.build={{.Version}}

  # GOOS list to build in.
  # For more info refer to https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment
  # Defaults are darwin and linux
  goos:
    - freebsd
    - windows

  # GOARCH to build in.
  # For more info refer to https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment
  # Defaults are 386 and amd64
  goarch:
    - amd64

  # Hooks can be used to customize the final binary, for example, to run
  # generator or whatever you want.
  # Default is both hooks empty.
  hooks:
    pre: rice embed-go
    post: ./script.sh
Archive customization
# goreleaser.yml
archive:
  # You can change the name of the archive.
  # This is parsed with Golang template engine and the following variables
  # are available:
  # - Binary
  # - Version
  # - Os
  # - Arch
  # The default is `{{.Binary}}_{{.Os}}_{{.Arch}}`
  name_template: "{{.Binary}}_{{.Version}}_{{.Os}}_{{.Arch}}"

  # Archive format. Valid options are `tar.gz` and `zip`.
  # Default is `tar.gz`
  format: zip

  # Replacements for GOOS and GOARCH on the archive name.
  # The keys should be valid GOOS or GOARCH values followed by your custom
  # replacements.
  # By default, `replacements` replace GOOS and GOARCH values with valid outputs
  # of `uname -s` and `uname -m` respectively.
  replacements:
    amd64: 64-bit
    386: 32-bit
    darwin: macOS
    linux: Tux

  # Additional files you want to add to the archive.
  # Defaults are any files matching `LICENCE*`, `LICENSE*`,
  # `README*` and `CHANGELOG*` (case-insensitive)
  files:
    - LICENSE.txt
    - README.md
    - CHANGELOG.md
Release customization
# goreleaser.yml
release:
  # Repo in which the release will be created.
  # Default is extracted from the origin remote URL.
  github:
    owner: user
    name: repo

  # If set to true, will not auto-publish the release.
  # Default is false
  draft: true

You can also specify a release notes file in markdown format using the --release-notes flag.

Homebrew tap customization

The brew section specifies how the formula should be created. Check the Homebrew documentation and the formula cookbook for details.

# goreleaser.yml
brew:
  # Reporitory to push the tap to.
  github:
    owner: user
    name: homebrew-tap

  # Folder inside the repository to put the formula.
  # Default is the root folder.
  folder: Formula

  # Caveats for the user of your binary.
  # Default is empty.
  caveats: "How to use this binary"

  # Your app's homepage
  # Default is empty
  homepage: "https://example.com/"

  # Your app's description
  # Default is empty
  description: "Software to create fast and easy drum rolls."

  # Dependencies of your package
  dependencies:
    - git
    - zsh

  # Packages that conflict with your package
  conflicts:
    - svn
    - bash

  # Packages that run as a service
  plist:|
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    ...

  # Custom install script for brew. Default: "bin.install "program"
  install:|
    bin.install "program"
    ...

By defining the brew section, GoReleaser will take care of publishing the Homebrew tap. Assuming that the current tag is v1.2.3, the above config will generate a program.rb formula in the Formula folder of user/homebrew-tap repository:

class Program < Formula
  desc "How to use this binary"
  homepage "https://github.com/user/repo"
  url "https://github.com/user/repo/releases/download/v1.2.3/program_v1.2.3_macOs_64bit.zip"
  version "v1.2.3"
  sha256 "9ee30fc358fae8d248a2d7538957089885da321dca3f09e3296fe2058e7fff74"

  depends_on "git"
  depends_on "zsh"

  def install
    bin.install "program"
  end
end
FPM build customization

GoReleaser can be wired to fpm to generate .deb, .rpm and other archives. Check it's wiki for more info.

# goreleaser.yml
fpm:
  # Your app's vendor
  # Default is empty
  vendor: Drum Roll Inc.
  # Your app's homepage
  # Default is empty
  homepage: https://example.com/

  # Your app's maintainer (probably you)
  # Default is empty
  maintainer: <Drummer drum-roll@example.com>

  # Your app's description
  # Default is empty
  description: Software to create fast and easy drum rolls.

  # Your app's license
  # Default is empty
  license: Apache 2.0

  # Formats to generate as output
  formats:
    - deb
    - rpm

  # Dependencies of your package
  dependencies:
    - git
    - zsh

  # Packages that conflict with your package
  conflicts:
    - svn
    - bash

Note that GoReleaser will not install fpm nor any of it's dependencies for you.

Integration with CI

You may want to wire this to auto-deploy your new tags on Travis, for example:

# .travis.yml
after_success:
  test -n "$TRAVIS_TAG" && curl -sL https://git.io/goreleaser | bash

Here is how to do it with CircleCI:

# circle.yml
deployment:
  tag:
    tag: /v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*(-.*)*/
    owner: user
    commands:
      - curl -sL https://git.io/goreleaser | bash

Note that if you test multiple versions or multiple OSes you probably want to make sure GoReleaser is just run once


Would you like to fix something in the documentation? Feel free to open an issue.

Documentation

Index

Constants

This section is empty.

Variables

This section is empty.

Functions

func Release

func Release(flags Flags) error

Release runs the release process with the given flags

Types

type Flags

type Flags interface {
	IsSet(s string) bool
	String(s string) string
	Bool(s string) bool
}

Flags interface represents an extractor of cli flags

Directories

Path Synopsis
Package checksum contain algorithms to checksum files
Package checksum contain algorithms to checksum files
Package client contains the client implementations for several providers.
Package client contains the client implementations for several providers.
cmd
Package config contains the model and loader of the goreleaser configuration file.
Package config contains the model and loader of the goreleaser configuration file.
Package context provides gorelease context which is passed through the pipeline.
Package context provides gorelease context which is passed through the pipeline.
Package pipeline provides a generic pipe interface.
Package pipeline provides a generic pipe interface.
archive
Package archive implements the pipe interface with the intent of archiving and compressing the binaries, readme, and other artifacts.
Package archive implements the pipe interface with the intent of archiving and compressing the binaries, readme, and other artifacts.
archive/tar
Package tar implements the Archive interface providing tar.gz archiving and compression.
Package tar implements the Archive interface providing tar.gz archiving and compression.
archive/zip
Package zip implements the Archive interface providing zip archiving and compression.
Package zip implements the Archive interface providing zip archiving and compression.
brew
Package brew implements the Pipe, providing formula generation and uploading it to a configured repo.
Package brew implements the Pipe, providing formula generation and uploading it to a configured repo.
build
Package build implements Pipe and can build Go projects for several platforms, with pre and post hook support.
Package build implements Pipe and can build Go projects for several platforms, with pre and post hook support.
checksums
Package checksums provides a Pipe that creates .checksums files for each artifact.
Package checksums provides a Pipe that creates .checksums files for each artifact.
defaults
Package defaults implements the Pipe interface providing default values for missing configuration.
Package defaults implements the Pipe interface providing default values for missing configuration.
env
Package env implements the Pipe interface providing validation of missing environment variables needed by the release process.
Package env implements the Pipe interface providing validation of missing environment variables needed by the release process.
fpm
Package fpm implements the Pipe interface providing FPM bindings.
Package fpm implements the Pipe interface providing FPM bindings.
git
Package git implements the Pipe interface getting and validating the current git repository state
Package git implements the Pipe interface getting and validating the current git repository state
release
Package release implements Pipe and manages github releases and its artifacts.
Package release implements Pipe and manages github releases and its artifacts.

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