NAME

       go - tool for managing Go source code

SYNOPSIS

       go get [-a] [-d] [-fix] [-n] [-p n] [-u] [-v] [-x] [ packages ]

DESCRIPTION

       Get downloads and installs the packages named by the import paths, along with their dependencies.

       When checking out or updating a package, get looks for a branch or tag that matches the locally installed
       version of Go. The most important rule is that if the local installation is running  version  "go1",  get
       searches  for a branch or tag named "go1". If no such version exists it retrieves the most recent version
       of the package.

OPTIONS

       -a, -n, -v, -x, -p
              The -a, -n, -v, -x, and -p flags have the same meaning as in 'go build' and 'go install'.  See go-
              build(1).

       -d     The -d flag instructs get to stop after downloading the packages; that is, it instructs get not to
              install the packages.

       -fix   The -fix flag instructs get to run the fix  tool  on  the  downloaded  packages  before  resolving
              dependencies or building the code.

       -u     The  -u flag instructs get to use the network to update the named packages and their dependencies.
              By default, get uses the network to check out missing packages but does not use  it  to  look  for
              updates to existing packages.

       For more about specifying packages, see go-packages(7).

       For more about how 'go get' finds source code to download, see go-remote(7).

SEE ALSO

       go-build(1), go-install(1), go-clean(1).

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and
       may be used by others).

                                                   2012-06-15                                          GO-GET(1)