gopm - Go Package Manager

gopm(Go Package Manager) is a Go package manage tool for search, install, update, share and backup packages in Go.

(Travis CI hasn't support Go 1.1 yet)

This application still in experiment, any change could happen, but it doesn't affect download and install packages.

Main features

• Download packages from popular project hosting with/without version control tools.
• Remove packages from local file system.
• Check package dependencies and download missing ones.
• More specific examples, see Quick Start.

Main commands

• build compiles and installs packages and dependencies: basically, it calls go install and moves executable to current path from GOPATH if any, the executable name is the folder name which is default by go install.
• search searchs packages in Go Walker database by keyword.
• install downloads and installs packages and dependencies: you can download packages without version control tools like git, hg, svn, etc. It downloads and installs all packages including all dependencies automatically(except when you use bundle or snapshot). For now, this command supports code.google.com, github.com, launchpad.net, bitbucket.org.
• remove removes packages and dependencies: it removes all packages including all dependencies(except when you use bundle or snapshot).
• check checks dependencies of packages, and install all missing as a choose.

Known issues

• When you use commands like gopm install bitbucket.org/zombiezen/gopdf where is project root path but the directory doesn't contain any source files, you will get error in the installation step, you have to use gopm install bitbucket.org/zombiezen/gopdf/pdf in order to go through all steps correctly.
• Cannot remove .git with error access is denied.

Todo

v0.3.*

• Command install and remove give number to let user choose operate one package.
• Command search add flags -n and -o for number of list items and offset.
• Command check add feature to update or generate gopack.json.
• Command install generates dependencies configuration file.
• Command install save tarball add support for packages in code.google.com, bitbucket.org, launchpad.net, git.oschina.net, gitcafe.com, *.codeplex.com.
• Command build use dependencies configuration file to build with specific versions of dependencies, if VCS tools are available, simply use checkout.
• Command clean is for cleaning empty directories and backup.
• Add gpm working principle design.
• Complete documentation.

Future

• Command remove add flag -d for removing dependencies at the same time.
• Command remove add feature check for dependencies, make sure other packages don't import this one, and give choose for users.
• Command update is for checking updates.
• Command sync is for sync packages in two computers, support client and server mode through ssh.
• Command init is for auto-configuring Go develop environment.
• Command install and remove and update backup data(up to 50 records) before executing.
• Command rollback is for rolling back to certain operation.
• Add feature "struct generator".
• Command install add flag -all for re-installing everything in GOPATH, usually use this after upgraded Go version.
• Command daemon is for auto-compile web applications when debug it locally.
• Collect download and installation results and report to users in the end.
• Add user system to create, edit, upload, and download bundles or snapshots through gpm client program.
• Develop user source API server template application to support user sources in bundles.
• Add support for downloading tarballs from user sources.
• After downloaded all packages in bundles or snapshots, need to check if all dependencies have been downloaded as well.
• Download package from code.google.com only support hg as version control system, probably support git and svn.
• Command install add support for downloading code from git.oschina.net, gitcafe.com, *.codeplex.com.
• Command install add support for downloading by tag and branch for packages in git.oschina.net, gitcafe.com.
• Command install and remove add bundle parse code for getting data from server.
• Command install and remove add snapshot parse code for downloading or removing snapshot.
• Add built-in application version in order to backup data when users update.

Credits

• Source files that contain code that is from gopkgdoc is honored in specific.
• Idea that support packages build revision is inspired by gopack.

License

MIT-STYLE.