dh-make-golang1

Usage

Overview

dh-make-golang is a tool to automatically create Debian packaging for Go packages. Its goal is to automate away as much of the work as possible when creating a Debian package for a Go library package.

For backwards compatibility, when no command is specified, the make command is executed. To learn more about a command, run “dh-make-golang <command> -help”, for example “dh-make-golang make -help”.

Commands

make go-package-importpath

Create a Debian package. dh-make-golang will create new files and directories in the current working directory. It will connect to the internet to download the specified Go package.

search pattern

Search Debian for already-existing packages. Uses Go’s default regexp syntax (https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/syntax/).

estimate go-package-importpath

Estimates the work necessary to bring go-package-importpath into Debian by printing all currently unpacked repositories.

create-salsa-project project-name

Create a project for hosting Debian packaging.

Options

Run dh-make-golang -help for more details.