From 80b395015b7813cd9adf3ae2d50db15453485bef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jörg Thalheim Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:31:42 +0100 Subject: doc/go: convert to markdown --- doc/languages-frameworks/go.section.md | 140 +++++++++++++++++++ doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml | 248 --------------------------------- doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml | 2 +- 3 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 249 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/languages-frameworks/go.section.md delete mode 100644 doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml (limited to 'doc/languages-frameworks') diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/go.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/go.section.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b4228d9d313 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/go.section.md @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +# Go {#sec-language-go} + +## Go modules {#ssec-language-go} + +The function `buildGoModule` builds Go programs managed with Go modules. It builds a [Go Modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules) through a two phase build: + +- An intermediate fetcher derivation. This derivation will be used to fetch all of the dependencies of the Go module. +- A final derivation will use the output of the intermediate derivation to build the binaries and produce the final output. + +### Example for `buildGoModule` {#ex-buildGoModule} + +In the following is an example expression using `buildGoModule`, the following arguments are of special significance to the function: + +- `vendorSha256`: is the hash of the output of the intermediate fetcher derivation. `vendorSha256` can also take `null` as an input. When `null` is used as a value, rather than fetching the dependencies and vendoring them, we use the vendoring included within the source repo. If you'd like to not have to update this field on dependency changes, run `go mod vendor` in your source repo and set `vendorSha256 = null;` +- `runVend`: runs the vend command to generate the vendor directory. This is useful if your code depends on c code and go mod tidy does not include the needed sources to build. + +```nix +pet = buildGoModule rec { + pname = "pet"; + version = "0.3.4"; + + src = fetchFromGitHub { + owner = "knqyf263"; + repo = "pet"; + rev = "v${version}"; + sha256 = "0m2fzpqxk7hrbxsgqplkg7h2p7gv6s1miymv3gvw0cz039skag0s"; + }; + + vendorSha256 = "1879j77k96684wi554rkjxydrj8g3hpp0kvxz03sd8dmwr3lh83j"; + + runVend = true; + + meta = with lib; { + description = "Simple command-line snippet manager, written in Go"; + homepage = "https://github.com/knqyf263/pet"; + license = licenses.mit; + maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ]; + platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin; + }; +} +``` + +## `buildGoPackage` (legacy) {#ssec-go-legacy} + +The function `buildGoPackage` builds legacy Go programs, not supporting Go modules. + +### Example for `buildGoPackage` + +In the following is an example expression using buildGoPackage, the following arguments are of special significance to the function: + +- `goPackagePath` specifies the package's canonical Go import path. +- `goDeps` is where the Go dependencies of a Go program are listed as a list of package source identified by Go import path. It could be imported as a separate `deps.nix` file for readability. The dependency data structure is described below. + +```nix +deis = buildGoPackage rec { + pname = "deis"; + version = "1.13.0"; + + goPackagePath = "github.com/deis/deis"; + + src = fetchFromGitHub { + owner = "deis"; + repo = "deis"; + rev = "v${version}"; + sha256 = "1qv9lxqx7m18029lj8cw3k7jngvxs4iciwrypdy0gd2nnghc68sw"; + }; + + goDeps = ./deps.nix; +} +``` + +The `goDeps` attribute can be imported from a separate `nix` file that defines which Go libraries are needed and should be included in `GOPATH` for `buildPhase`: + +```nix +# deps.nix +[ # goDeps is a list of Go dependencies. + { + # goPackagePath specifies Go package import path. + goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"; + fetch = { + # `fetch type` that needs to be used to get package source. + # If `git` is used there should be `url`, `rev` and `sha256` defined next to it. + type = "git"; + url = "https://gopkg.in/yaml.v2"; + rev = "a83829b6f1293c91addabc89d0571c246397bbf4"; + sha256 = "1m4dsmk90sbi17571h6pld44zxz7jc4lrnl4f27dpd1l8g5xvjhh"; + }; + } + { + goPackagePath = "github.com/docopt/docopt-go"; + fetch = { + type = "git"; + url = "https://github.com/docopt/docopt-go"; + rev = "784ddc588536785e7299f7272f39101f7faccc3f"; + sha256 = "0wwz48jl9fvl1iknvn9dqr4gfy1qs03gxaikrxxp9gry6773v3sj"; + }; + } +] +``` + +To extract dependency information from a Go package in automated way use [go2nix](https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix). It can produce complete derivation and `goDeps` file for Go programs. + +You may use Go packages installed into the active Nix profiles by adding the following to your ~/.bashrc: + +```bash +for p in $NIX_PROFILES; do + GOPATH="$p/share/go:$GOPATH" +done +``` + +## Attributes used by the builders {#ssec-go-common-attributes} + +Both `buildGoModule` and `buildGoPackage` can be tweaked to behave slightly differently, if the following attributes are used: + +### `buildFlagsArray` and `buildFlags`: {#ex-goBuildFlags-noarray} + +These attributes set build flags supported by `go build`. We recommend using `buildFlagsArray`. The most common use case of these attributes is to make the resulting executable aware of its own version. For example: + +```nix + buildFlagsArray = [ + # Note: single quotes are not needed. + "-ldflags=-X main.Version=${version} -X main.Commit=${version}" + ]; +``` + +```nix + buildFlagsArray = '' + -ldflags= + -X main.Version=${version} + -X main.Commit=${version} + ''; +``` + +### `deleteVendor` {#var-go-deleteVendor} + +Removes the pre-existing vendor directory. This should only be used if the dependencies included in the vendor folder are broken or incomplete. + +### `subPackages` {#var-go-subPackages} + +Limits the builder from building child packages that have not been listed. If subPackages is not specified, all child packages will be built. diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml deleted file mode 100644 index ebdcf616054..00000000000 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,248 +0,0 @@ -
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- Go modules - - - The function buildGoModule builds Go programs managed with Go modules. It builds a Go modules through a two phase build: - - - - An intermediate fetcher derivation. This derivation will be used to fetch all of the dependencies of the Go module. - - - - - A final derivation will use the output of the intermediate derivation to build the binaries and produce the final output. - - - - - - - buildGoModule - -pet = buildGoModule rec { - pname = "pet"; - version = "0.3.4"; - - src = fetchFromGitHub { - owner = "knqyf263"; - repo = "pet"; - rev = "v${version}"; - sha256 = "0m2fzpqxk7hrbxsgqplkg7h2p7gv6s1miymv3gvw0cz039skag0s"; - }; - - vendorSha256 = "1879j77k96684wi554rkjxydrj8g3hpp0kvxz03sd8dmwr3lh83j"; - - runVend = true; - - meta = with lib; { - description = "Simple command-line snippet manager, written in Go"; - homepage = "https://github.com/knqyf263/pet"; - license = licenses.mit; - maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ]; - platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin; - }; -} - - - - - is an example expression using buildGoModule, the following arguments are of special significance to the function: - - - - vendorSha256 is the hash of the output of the intermediate fetcher derivation. - - - - - runVend runs the vend command to generate the vendor directory. This is useful if your code depends on c code and go mod tidy does not include the needed sources to build. - - - - - - - vendorSha256 can also take null as an input. When `null` is used as a value, rather than fetching the dependencies and vendoring them, we use the vendoring included within the source repo. If you'd like to not have to update this field on dependency changes, run `go mod vendor` in your source repo and set 'vendorSha256 = null;' - -
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- Go legacy - - - The function buildGoPackage builds legacy Go programs, not supporting Go modules. - - - - buildGoPackage - -deis = buildGoPackage rec { - pname = "deis"; - version = "1.13.0"; - - goPackagePath = "github.com/deis/deis"; - - src = fetchFromGitHub { - owner = "deis"; - repo = "deis"; - rev = "v${version}"; - sha256 = "1qv9lxqx7m18029lj8cw3k7jngvxs4iciwrypdy0gd2nnghc68sw"; - }; - - goDeps = ./deps.nix; -} - - - - - is an example expression using buildGoPackage, the following arguments are of special significance to the function: - - - - goPackagePath specifies the package's canonical Go import path. - - - - - goDeps is where the Go dependencies of a Go program are listed as a list of package source identified by Go import path. It could be imported as a separate deps.nix file for readability. The dependency data structure is described below. - - - - - - - The goDeps attribute can be imported from a separate nix file that defines which Go libraries are needed and should be included in GOPATH for buildPhase. - - - - deps.nix - -[ - { - goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"; - fetch = { - type = "git"; - url = "https://gopkg.in/yaml.v2"; - rev = "a83829b6f1293c91addabc89d0571c246397bbf4"; - sha256 = "1m4dsmk90sbi17571h6pld44zxz7jc4lrnl4f27dpd1l8g5xvjhh"; - }; - } - { - goPackagePath = "github.com/docopt/docopt-go"; - fetch = { - type = "git"; - url = "https://github.com/docopt/docopt-go"; - rev = "784ddc588536785e7299f7272f39101f7faccc3f"; - sha256 = "0wwz48jl9fvl1iknvn9dqr4gfy1qs03gxaikrxxp9gry6773v3sj"; - }; - } -] - - - - - - - - goDeps is a list of Go dependencies. - - - - - goPackagePath specifies Go package import path. - - - - - fetch type that needs to be used to get package source. If git is used there should be url, rev and sha256 defined next to it. - - - - - - - To extract dependency information from a Go package in automated way use go2nix. It can produce complete derivation and goDeps file for Go programs. - - - - You may use Go packages installed into the active Nix profiles by adding the following to your ~/.bashrc: - -for p in $NIX_PROFILES; do - GOPATH="$p/share/go:$GOPATH" -done - - -
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- Attributes used by the builders - - - Both buildGoModule and buildGoPackage can be tweaked to behave slightly differently, if the following attributes are used: - - - - - - buildFlagsArray and buildFlags - - - - These attributes set build flags supported by go build. We recommend using buildFlagsArray. The most common use case of these attributes is to make the resulting executable aware of its own version. For example: - - - buildFlagsArray - - buildFlagsArray = [ - "-ldflags=-X main.Version=${version} -X main.Commit=${version}" - ]; - - - - - - Note: single quotes are not needed. - - - - - buildFlagsArray - - buildFlagsArray = '' - -ldflags= - -X main.Version=${version} - -X main.Commit=${version} - ''; - - - - - - - deleteVendor - - - - Removes the pre-existing vendor directory. This should only be used if the dependencies included in the vendor folder are broken or incomplete. - - - - - - subPackages - - - - Limits the builder from building child packages that have not been listed. If subPackages is not specified, all child packages will be built. - - - - -
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diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml index 3366108cd93..7347de4f704 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ - + -- cgit 1.4.1