go-build

A GitHub Action for building Go binaries.

Usage

To use the GitHub Action, add the following to your job:

- uses: conventional-actions/go-build@v1

Inputs

Name	Default	Description
package	./cmd/*	the package to build
platforms	native platform	comma-separated list of platforms to build
tags	N/A	comma-separated list of build tags to pass to go compiler
buildvcs	auto	whether to stamp binaries with version control information
buildmode	default	which kind of object file is to be built
trimpath	true	remove all file system paths from the resulting executable
version-package	main	go package to write version to
version-variable	Version	the variable name to write the version to
version	N/A	version to write to the specified package/variable (optional)

Outputs

Name	Description
outputs	comma-separated list of output binaries
artifacts	comma-separated list of output artifacts

Example

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: conventional-actions/go-build@v1
        with:
          platforms: |
            linux/amd64
            linux/arm64
            darwin/amd64
            darwin/arm64
          tags: production

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License.