# Glide: Vendor Package Management for Golang
Are you used to tools such as Cargo, npm, Composer, Nuget, Pip, Maven, Bundler,
or other modern package managers? If so, Glide is the comparable Go tool.
*Manage your vendor and vendored packages with ease.* Glide is a tool for
managing the `vendor` directory within a Go package. This feature, first
introduced in Go 1.5, allows each package to have a `vendor` directory
containing dependent packages for the project. These vendor packages can be
installed by a tool (e.g. glide), similar to `go get` or they can be vendored and
distributed with the package.
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### Golang Dep
The Go community now has the [dep](https://github.com/golang/dep) project to
manage dependencies. Please consider trying to migrate from Glide to dep. If there
is an issue preventing you from migrating please file an issue with dep so the
problem can be corrected. Glide will continue to be supported for some time but
is considered to be in a state of support rather than active feature development.
### Features
* Ease dependency management
* Support **versioning packages** including [Semantic Versioning
2.0.0](http://semver.org/) support. Any constraint the [`github.com/Masterminds/semver`](https://github.com/Masterminds/semver)
package can parse can be used.
* Support **aliasing packages** (e.g. for working with github forks)
* Remove the need for munging import statements
* Work with all of the `go` tools
* Support the VCS tools that Go supports:
- git
- bzr
- hg
- svn
* Support custom local and global plugins (see docs/plugins.md)
* Repository caching and data caching for improved performance.
* Flatten dependencies resolving version differences and avoiding the inclusion
of a package multiple times.
* Manage and install dependencies on-demand or vendored in your version control
system.
## How It Works
Glide scans the source code of your application or library to determine the needed
dependencies. To determine the versions and locations (such as aliases for forks)
Glide reads a `glide.yaml` file with the rules. With this information Glide retrieves
needed dependencies.
When a dependent package is encountered its imports are scanned to determine
dependencies of dependencies (transitive dependencies). If the dependent project
contains a `glide.yaml` file that information is used to help determine the
dependency rules when fetching from a location or version to use. Configuration
from Godep, GB, GOM, and GPM is also imported.
The dependencies are exported to the `vendor/` directory where the `go` tools
can find and use them. A `glide.lock` file is generated containing all the
dependencies, including transitive ones.
The `glide init` command can be use to setup a new project, `glide update`
regenerates the dependency versions using scanning and rules, and `glide install`
will install the versions listed in the `glide.lock` file, skipping scanning,
unless the `glide.lock` file is not found in which case it will perform an update.
A project is structured like this:
```
- $GOPATH/src/myProject (Your project)
|
|-- glide.yaml
|
|-- glide.lock
|
|-- main.go (Your main go code can live here)
|
|-- mySubpackage (You can create your own subpackages, too)
| |
| |-- foo.go
|
|-- vendor
|-- github.com
|
|-- Masterminds
|
|-- ... etc.
```
*Take a look at [the Glide source code](http://github.com/Masterminds/glide)
to see this philosophy in action.*
## Install
The easiest way to install the latest release on Mac or Linux is with the following script:
```
curl https://glide.sh/get | sh
```
On Mac OS X you can also install the latest release via [Homebrew](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew):
```
$ brew install glide
```
On Ubuntu Precise (12.04), Trusty (14.04), Wily (15.10) or Xenial (16.04) you can install from our PPA:
```
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:masterminds/glide && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install glide
```
On Ubuntu Zesty (17.04) the package is called `golang-glide`.
[Binary packages](https://github.com/Masterminds/glide/releases) are available for Mac, Linux and Windows.
For a development version it is also possible to `go get github.com/Masterminds/glide`.
To build from source you can:
1. Clone this repository into `$GOPATH/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide` and
change directory into it
2. If you are using Go 1.5 ensure the environment variable GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT is set, for
example by running `export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1`. In Go 1.6 it is enabled by default and
in Go 1.7 it is always enabled without the ability to turn it off.
3. Run `make build`
This will leave you with `./glide`, which you can put in your `$PATH` if
you'd like. (You can also take a look at `make install` to install for
you.)
The Glide repo has now been configured to use glide to
manage itself, too.
## Usage
```
$ glide create # Start a new workspace
$ open glide.yaml # and edit away!
$ glide get github.com/Masterminds/cookoo # Get a package and add to glide.yaml
$ glide install # Install packages and dependencies
# work, work, work
$ go build # Go tools work normally
$ glide up # Update to newest versions of the package
```
Check out the `glide.yaml` in this directory, or examples in the `docs/`
directory.
### glide create (aliased to init)
Initialize a new workspace. Among other things, this creates a `glide.yaml` file
while attempting to guess the packages and versions to put in it. For example,
if your project is using Godep it will use the versions specified there. Glide
is smart enough to scan your codebase and detect the imports being used whether
they are specified with another package manager or not.
```
$ glide create
[INFO] Generating a YAML configuration file and guessing the dependencies
[INFO] Attempting to import from other package managers (use --skip-import to skip)
[INFO] Scanning code to look for dependencies
[INFO] --> Found reference to github.com/Masterminds/semver
[INFO] --> Found reference to github.com/Masterminds/vcs
[INFO] --> Found reference to github.com/codegangsta/cli
[INFO] --> Found reference to gopkg.in/yaml.v2
[INFO] Writing configuration file (glide.yaml)
[INFO] Would you like Glide to help you find ways to improve your glide.yaml configuration?
[INFO] If you want to revisit this step you can use the config-wizard command at any time.
[INFO] Yes (Y) or No (N)?
n
[INFO] You can now edit the glide.yaml file. Consider:
[INFO] --> Using versions and ranges. See https://glide.sh/docs/versions/
[INFO] --> Adding additional metadata. See https://glide.sh/docs/glide.yaml/
[INFO] --> Running the config-wizard command to improve the versions in your configuration
```
The `config-wizard`, noted here, can be run here or manually run at a later time.
This wizard helps you figure out versions and ranges you can use for your
dependencies.
### glide config-wizard
This runs a wizard that scans your dependencies and retrieves information on them
to offer up suggestions that you can interactively choose. For example, it can
discover if a dependency uses semantic versions and help you choose the version
ranges to use.
### glide get [package name]
You can download one or more packages to your `vendor` directory and have it added to your
`glide.yaml` file with `glide get`.
```
$ glide get github.com/Masterminds/cookoo
```
When `glide get` is used it will introspect the listed package to resolve its
dependencies including using Godep, GPM, Gom, and GB config files.
### glide update (aliased to up)
Download or update all of the libraries listed in the `glide.yaml` file and put
them in the `vendor` directory. It will also recursively walk through the
dependency packages to fetch anything that's needed and read in any configuration.
```
$ glide up
```
This will recurse over the packages looking for other projects managed by Glide,
Godep, gb, gom, and GPM. When one is found those packages will be installed as needed.
A `glide.lock` file will be created or updated with the dependencies pinned to
specific versions. For example, if in the `glide.yaml` file a version was
specified as a range (e.g., `^1.2.3`) it will be set to a specific commit id in
the `glide.lock` file. That allows for reproducible installs (see `glide install`).
To remove any nested `vendor/` directories from fetched packages see the `-v` flag.
### glide install
When you want to install the specific versions from the `glide.lock` file use
`glide install`.
```
$ glide install
```
This will read the `glide.lock` file and install the commit id specific versions
there.
When the `glide.lock` file doesn't tie to the `glide.yaml` file, such as there
being a change, it will provide a warning. Running `glide up` will recreate the
`glide.lock` file when updating the dependency tree.
If no `glide.lock` file is present `glide install` will perform an `update` and
generate a lock file.
To remove any nested `vendor/` directories from fetched packages see the `-v` flag.
## glide novendor (aliased to nv)
When you run commands like `go test ./...` it will iterate over all the
subdirectories including the `vendor` directory. When you are testing your
application you may want to test your application files without running all the
tests of your dependencies and their dependencies. This is where the `novendor`
command comes in. It lists all of the directories except `vendor`.
$ go test $(glide novendor)
This will run `go test` over all directories of your project except the
`vendor` directory.
## glide name
When you're scripting with Glide there are occasions where you need to know
the name of the package you're working on. `glide name` returns the name of the
package listed in the `glide.yaml` file.
### glide tree
Glide includes a few commands that inspect code and give you details
about what is imported. `glide tree` is one such command. Running it
gives data like this:
```
$ glide tree
github.com/Masterminds/glide
github.com/Masterminds/cookoo (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo)
github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/io (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/io)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/cmd (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/cmd)
github.com/Masterminds/cookoo (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo)
github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/io (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/io)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/gb (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/gb)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/util (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/util)
github.com/Masterminds/vcs (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/yaml (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/yaml)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/util (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/util)
github.com/Masterminds/vcs (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs)
github.com/Masterminds/vcs (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs)
gopkg.in/yaml.v2 (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/gopkg.in/yaml.v2)
github.com/Masterminds/semver (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/semver)
github.com/Masterminds/vcs (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs)
github.com/codegangsta/cli (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/codegangsta/cli)
github.com/codegangsta/cli (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/codegangsta/cli)
github.com/Masterminds/cookoo (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo)
github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/io (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/io)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/gb (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/gb)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/util (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/util)
github.com/Masterminds/vcs (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/yaml (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/yaml)
github.com/Masterminds/glide/util (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/util)
github.com/Masterminds/vcs (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs)
github.com/Masterminds/vcs (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs)
gopkg.in/yaml.v2 (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/gopkg.in/yaml.v2)
github.com/Masterminds/semver (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/semver)
github.com/Masterminds/vcs (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs)
github.com/codegangsta/cli (/Users/mfarina/Code/go/src/github.com/Masterminds/glide/vendor/github.com/codegangsta/cli)
```
This shows a tree of imports, excluding core libraries. Because
vendoring makes it possible for the same package to live in multiple
places, `glide tree` also prints the location of the package being
imported.
_This command is deprecated and will be removed in the near future._
### glide list
Glide's `list` command shows an alphabetized list of all the packages
that a project imports.
```
$ glide list
INSTALLED packages:
vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo
vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/fmt
vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/io
vendor/github.com/Masterminds/cookoo/web
vendor/github.com/Masterminds/semver
vendor/github.com/Masterminds/vcs
vendor/github.com/codegangsta/cli
vendor/gopkg.in/yaml.v2
```
### glide help
Print the glide help.
```
$ glide help
```
### glide --version
Print the version and exit.
```
$ glide --version
glide version 0.12.0
```
### glide.yaml
For full details on the `glide.yaml` files see [the documentation](https://glide.sh/docs/glide.yaml).
The `glide.yaml` file does two critical things:
1. It names the current package
2. It declares external dependencies
A brief `glide.yaml` file looks like this:
```yaml
package: github.com/Masterminds/glide
import:
- package: github.com/Masterminds/semver
- package: github.com/Masterminds/cookoo
version: ^1.2.0
repo: git@github.com:Masterminds/cookoo.git
```
The above tells `glide` that...
1. This package is named `github.com/Masterminds/glide`
2. That this package depends on two libraries.
The first library exemplifies a minimal package import. It merely gives
the fully qualified import path.
When Glide reads the definition for the second library, it will get the repo
from the source in `repo`, checkout the latest version between 1.2.0 and 2.0.0,
and put it in `github.com/Masterminds/cookoo` in the `vendor` directory. (Note
that `package` and `repo` can be completely different)
**TIP:** The version is either VCS dependent and can be anything that can be checked
out or a semantic version constraint that can be parsed by the [`github.com/
Masterminds/semver`](https://github.com/Masterminds/semver) package.
For example, with Git this can be a branch, tag, or hash. This varies and
depends on what's supported in the VCS.
**TIP:** In general, you are advised to use the *base package name* for
importing a package, not a subpackage name. For example, use
`github.com/kylelemons/go-gypsy` and not
`github.com/kylelemons/go-gypsy/yaml`.
## Supported Version Control Systems
The Git, SVN, Mercurial (Hg), and Bzr source control systems are supported. This
happens through the [vcs package](https://github.com/masterminds/vcs).
## Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.)
#### Q: Why does Glide have the concept of sub-packages when Go doesn't?
In Go every directory is a package. This works well when you have one repo
containing all of your packages. When you have different packages in different
VCS locations things become a bit more complicated. A project containing a
collection of packages should be handled with the same information including
the version. By grouping packages this way we are able to manage the related
information.
#### Q: bzr (or hg) is not working the way I expected. Why?
These are works in progress, and may need some additional tuning. Please
take a look at the [vcs package](https://github.com/masterminds/vcs). If you
see a better way to handle it please let us know.
#### Q: Should I check `vendor/` into version control?
That's up to you. It's not necessary, but it may also cause you extra
work and lots of extra space in your VCS. There may also be unforeseen errors
([see an example](https://github.com/mattfarina/golang-broken-vendor)).
#### Q: How do I import settings from GPM, Godep, gom or gb?
There are two parts to importing.
1. If a package you import has configuration for GPM, Godep, gom or gb Glide will
recursively install the dependencies automatically.
2. If you would like to import configuration from GPM, Godep, gom or gb to Glide see
the `glide import` command. For example, you can run `glide import godep` for
Glide to detect the projects Godep configuration and generate a `glide.yaml`
file for you.
Each of these will merge your existing `glide.yaml` file with the
dependencies it finds for those managers, and then emit the file as
output. **It will not overwrite your glide.yaml file.**
You can write it to file like this:
```
$ glide import godep -f glide.yaml
```
#### Q: Can Glide fetch a package based on OS or Arch?
A: Yes. Using the `os` and `arch` fields on a `package`, you can specify
which OSes and architectures the package should be fetched for. For
example, the following package will only be fetched for 64-bit
Darwin/OSX systems:
```yaml
- package: some/package
os:
- darwin
arch:
- amd64
```
The package will not be fetched for other architectures or OSes.
## LICENSE
This package is made available under an MIT-style license. See
LICENSE.txt.
## Thanks!
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the [GPM and
GVP](https://github.com/pote/gpm) projects, which
inspired many of the features of this package. If `glide` isn't the
right Go project manager for you, check out those.
The Composer (PHP), npm (JavaScript), and Bundler (Ruby) projects all
inspired various aspects of this tool, as well.
## The Name
Aside from being catchy, "glide" is a contraction of "Go Elide". The
idea is to compress the tasks that normally take us lots of time into a
just a few seconds.