LiveTemplate Development Workspace

This directory contains all LiveTemplate repositories for local development.

Quick Start

# Setup workspace (one-time)
./setup-workspace.sh

# Now all repositories use local versions automatically
cd lvt && go test ./...
cd ../examples && ./test-all.sh

Repository Structure

livetemplate/
├── livetemplate/          # Core Go library
├── lvt/                   # CLI tool
├── examples/              # Example applications
├── client/                # TypeScript client (optional)
├── setup-workspace.sh     # Workspace setup script
└── go.work                # Created by setup script (gitignored)

What is a Go Workspace?

A Go workspace (introduced in Go 1.18) allows multiple modules to work together without modifying go.mod files. When you run ./setup-workspace.sh, it creates a go.work file that tells Go to use your local checkouts instead of published versions.

Benefits:

• ✅ No go.mod changes needed
• ✅ Automatic local module resolution
• ✅ One-time setup affects all repositories
• ✅ Easy to enable/disable
• ✅ Never committed to git

Usage

Initial Setup

# Clone all repositories as siblings
git clone https://github.com/livetemplate/livetemplate.git
git clone https://github.com/livetemplate/lvt.git
git clone https://github.com/livetemplate/examples.git

# Optional: Clone client library
git clone https://github.com/livetemplate/client.git

# Create workspace
./setup-workspace.sh

Daily Development

Once the workspace is set up, everything just works:

# Make changes to core library
cd livetemplate
vim template.go

# Test in LVT (automatically uses your local changes)
cd ../lvt
go test ./...
go build

# Test in examples (automatically uses your local changes)
cd ../examples
./test-all.sh

# Test a specific example
cd counter
go run main.go

Switching Between Local and Published

# Use local versions (workspace active)
./setup-workspace.sh

# Use published versions (workspace removed)
./setup-workspace.sh --clean

How It Works

The setup-workspace.sh script:

1. Detects which repositories are present
2. Creates a go.work file listing all modules
3. Go commands automatically find and use go.work
4. Local modules take precedence over published versions

Example go.work file:

go 1.25

use (
    ./livetemplate
    ./lvt
    ./examples/counter
    ./examples/chat
    ./examples/todos
    // ...
)

Cross-Repository Testing

The core library has CI workflows that automatically test LVT and examples against pull requests:

• .github/workflows/test.yml - Basic tests
• .github/workflows/cross-repo-test.yml - Tests dependent repos

These workflows use replace directives (not workspaces) since they need to test specific branches.

Alternative: Manual Replace Directives

If you prefer manual control or can't use workspaces (Go < 1.18), each repository has a setup script:

cd lvt
./scripts/setup-local-dev.sh        # Enable local core
./scripts/setup-local-dev.sh --undo # Revert to published

cd ../examples
./scripts/setup-local-dev.sh        # Enable local core + lvt
./scripts/setup-local-dev.sh --undo # Revert to published

These scripts modify go.mod files with replace directives.

Contributing

See individual repository CONTRIBUTING.md files:

• Core Library
• LVT CLI
• Examples
• Client Library (if present)

Troubleshooting

Workspace not working?

# Check Go version (need 1.18+)
go version

# Verify workspace exists
ls go.work

# Check which modules Go sees
go work use

# Verify module resolution
cd lvt
go list -m github.com/livetemplate/livetemplate
# Should show: /path/to/parent/livetemplate

Want to temporarily disable workspace?

# Option 1: Remove workspace
./setup-workspace.sh --clean

# Option 2: Use GOWORK=off
GOWORK=off go test ./...  # Ignores workspace for this command

Modules not being found?

Make sure directory structure matches:

• All repos must be siblings
• Repos must have go.mod files
• Run ./setup-workspace.sh from parent directory

Links

• Core Library: https://github.com/livetemplate/livetemplate
• CLI Tool: https://github.com/livetemplate/lvt
• Examples: https://github.com/livetemplate/examples
• Client: https://github.com/livetemplate/client
• Documentation: https://docs.livetemplate.dev

License

Each repository has its own license. See individual LICENSE files.