gopack

A personal github action to build and package Go projects.

inputs

1. name:

• description: The name of the project or binary to be produced
• required: true

2. path:

• description: Path to the golang project (relative to the repository root).
• required: true
• default: current working directory

3. dest:

• description: Directory where the built files will be placed.
• required: false
• default: ./dist/

4. ldflags:

• description: Value to -ldflags build option.
• required: false
• default: -s -w

5. flags:

• description: Flags to pass to 'go build' command
• required: false
• default: ""

6. checksum:

• description: A file to contain checksums for all binaries.
• required: false
• default: checksums.txt

7. includeVersion:

• description: Whether or not to add the current tag or commit in release name.
• required: false
• default: false

outputs

The built binaries are located under the output directory.

usage

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*"

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # checkout repository
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      # setup go
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
          go-version: ">=1.24.0" # the go version to install and use
      # ...

      # build with go
      - name: Build and package binaries
        uses: henryhale/gopack@v1.0.3
        with:
          path: "./my-go-project"
          dest: "./dist"
          ldflags: "-s -w -X 'main.version=$(git describe --tags)'"
          flags: "-trimpath"
          checksum: "checksums.txt"

license

Released under MIT License.

© 2025 - present Henry Hale