Golang environments

Documentation

environment variables

https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Environment_variables

Locations

~/.config/go/env

'go env' set environment variables

Environment Variables

A small subset of useful environment variables.

GOPATH=
GOBIN=

GOPRIVATE=*.corp.example.com,rsc.io/private  # packages that should not be indexed publicly
GOPROXY=

Go Env

go env lets you set/persist go environment variables.
They will be loaded in new shells automatically.

go env -w GOBIN=/foo/bar/bin  # set default envvar val within environment
go env -u GOBIN               # unset environment variable set by 'go env'