cannot find vendor directory under golang project
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cannot find vendor directory under golang project
My golang version is go1.10.2 linux/amd64. I can build and run my go project(under gopath/src) without any problem but I cannot see vendor directory under my project folder. I would like to know if the vendor folder is a hidden directory? What are the possible reasons the vendor folder is not generated?
"What are the possible reasons the vendor folder is not generated?" --- it's not done automatically. If you haven't done it explicitly - it's not created and used. Check github.com/golang/dep
– zerkms
Jul 1 at 3:51
Thank you! Will look into the link provided.
– diane
Jul 1 at 4:00
1 Answer
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Vendor directory is used as an alternative to GOPATH when resolving dependencies. A dependency is first looked up in /vendor then in GOPATH then in GOROOT.
GOPATH
/vendor
GOPATH
GOROOT
If you go get all your dependencies they'll be in GOPATH/src instead of /vendor.
go get
GOPATH/src
/vendor
To start adding project specific dependencies to vendor dir you need to use a dependency manager such as glide or dep or manually copy everything to /vendor.
glide
dep
/vendor
This SO answer goes into more detail on using vendor dir in Go - https://stackoverflow.com/a/37238226/1589165
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Why would you expect a vendor directory?
– tkausl
Jul 1 at 3:45