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Ugg Boot

Ugg boot is a tool for people wanting to have some comfort in their lives.

It provides a simple way to update Go executables and list available versions using module version information embedded in the executable.

• list: print a list of available versions for a Go executable.
• install: reinstall or update an executable from source.
• repo: print the source code repository for the executable.
• bugs: print the issues link for the executable.

Installation

Ugg boot can be installed by go install github.com/kortschak/ugbt@latest.

Example Use

Go executable:

Show the repo for an executable.

$ ugbt repo goimports
https://cs.opensource.google/go/x/tools

List all available released versions.

$ ugbt list -all goimports
v0.1.7  28 Sep 2021 22:34
v0.1.6  17 Sep 2021 17:58
v0.1.5  13 Jul 2021 20:15
v0.1.4  23 Jun 2021 15:16
v0.1.3   9 Jun 2021 21:40
v0.1.2  25 May 2021 19:05
v0.1.1  11 May 2021 17:48
v0.1.0  19 Jan 2021 22:25

Upgrade to the latest version.

$ go version -m $(which goimports) | grep -v dep
$GOBIN/goimports: go1.17.3
	path	golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
	mod	golang.org/x/tools	v0.1.6	h1:SIasE1FVIQOWz2GEAHFOmoW7xchJcqlucjSULTL0Ag4=
$ ugbt install goimports latest
$ go version -m $(which goimports) | grep -v dep
$GOBIN/goimports: go1.17.3
	path	golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
	mod	golang.org/x/tools	v0.1.7	h1:6j8CgantCy3yc8JGBqkDLMKWqZ0RDU2g1HVgacojGWQ=

Go toolchain:

Show the repo for the tool chain.

$ ugbt repo go
https://github.com/golang/go

Install gotip.

$ ugbt install go gotip
go tool available as gotip
$ gotip version
go version devel go1.18-a142d65 Sat Nov 27 19:49:32 2021 +0000 linux/amd64

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Documentation

Overview

Ugg boot provides a simple way to update Go executables and list available versions using module version information embedded in the executable.

Available commands are:

list: return a list of available versions for a Go executable.
install: install an executable from source based on source location
         information stored in the executable.
repo: print the source code repository for the executable.
version: print the ugbt version information
help: output ugbt help information