Go

Commands

• go list all = List all installed packages, standard library’s included
• go list std = List only packages from the standard library
• go test -bench=. = Run benchmarks after the tests. . stands for current directory, obviously
• go env = List all Go variables

Go Modules

• go mod init = creates a new module by initializing the go.mod file
• go list -m all = prints the current module’s dependencies
• go mod tidy = removes unused dependencies

Test Coverage

• go test -cover = prints the percentage of coverage of your unit tests
• go test -cover -coverprofile=c.out = save the coverage results in the c.out file. With it it’s possible to have a html view of the tests’ coverage with go tool cover -html=c.out -o coverage.html