How does the go build command work?

I was a bit suprised when i returned to go about 6 months ago to find it had the build command. Originally you invoked these directly

"go run" is even better, it feels like running a python script, and doesn't leave a binary around when you're done

I'm still a huge fan of make. Is anyone using (gnu) make to build go projects? Looking for a nice Makefile template. :)

There used to be an official Make include for Go, bundled with the distribution. Don't know what the current status is, I think the go tool superseded it.

EDIT: does modern Go come with $(GOROOT)/src/Make.inc? https://github.com/quarterto/Alan/blob/master/Makefile

I use a pretty simple one! Do you have Github or something? I'm always looking for interesting golang projects

Great write up, look forward to seeing more.

Thanks