@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ This action sets up a go environment for use in actions by:
- Optionally downloading and caching a version of Go by version and adding to `PATH`.
- Optionally downloading and caching a version of Go by version and adding to `PATH`.
- Registering problem matchers for error output.
- Registering problem matchers for error output.
# Breaking changes in V6
- Improve toolchain handling to ensure more reliable and consistent toolchain selection and management.
- Upgraded from node20to node24.
> Make sure your runner is on version v2.327.1 or later to ensure compatibility with this release. [See Release Notes](https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v2.327.1)
For more details, see the full release notes on the [releases page](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/releases/tag/v6.0.0)
# V5
# V5
The V5 edition of the action offers:
The V5 edition of the action offers:
@ -16,27 +24,6 @@ The V5 edition of the action offers:
See full release notes on the [releases page](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/releases).
See full release notes on the [releases page](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/releases).
# V4
The V4 edition of the action offers:
- Enabled caching by default
The action will try to enable caching unless the `cache` input is explicitly set to false.
Please see "[Caching dependency files and build outputs](https://github.com/actions/setup-go#caching-dependency-files-and-build-outputs)" for more information.
# V3
The V3 edition of the action offers:
- Adds `GOBIN` to the `PATH`
- Proxy support
- Check latest version
- Caching packages dependencies
- stable and oldstable aliases
- Bug Fixes (including issues around version matching and semver)
The action will first check the local cache for a version match. If a version is not found locally, it will pull it from
The action will first check the local cache for a version match. If a version is not found locally, it will pull it from
the `main` branch of the [go-versions](https://github.com/actions/go-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json)
the `main` branch of the [go-versions](https://github.com/actions/go-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json)
repository. On miss or failure, it will fall back to downloading directly
repository. On miss or failure, it will fall back to downloading directly
@ -50,8 +37,8 @@ Matching by [semver spec](https://github.com/npm/node-semver):
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: '^1.13.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
go-version: '^1.13.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go version
- run: go version
@ -59,8 +46,8 @@ steps:
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: '>=1.17.0'
go-version: '>=1.17.0'
- run: go version
- run: go version
@ -78,8 +65,8 @@ Matching an unstable pre-release:
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: '1.18.0-rc.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
go-version: '1.18.0-rc.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go version
- run: go version
@ -87,8 +74,8 @@ steps:
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: '1.16.0-beta.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
go-version: '1.16.0-beta.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go version
- run: go version
@ -102,8 +89,8 @@ See [action.yml](action.yml)
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: '1.16.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
go-version: '1.16.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go run hello.go
- run: go run hello.go
@ -123,8 +110,8 @@ want the most up-to-date Go version to always be used.
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: '1.14'
go-version: '1.14'
check-latest: true
check-latest: true
@ -144,8 +131,8 @@ set to `true`
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: 'stable'
go-version: 'stable'
- run: go run hello.go
- run: go run hello.go
@ -153,8 +140,8 @@ steps:
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: 'oldstable'
go-version: 'oldstable'
- run: go run hello.go
- run: go run hello.go
@ -176,8 +163,8 @@ If some problem that prevents success caching happens then the action issues the
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: '1.17'
go-version: '1.17'
check-latest: true
check-latest: true
@ -191,9 +178,15 @@ steps:
## Getting go version from the go.mod file
## Getting go version from the go.mod file
The `go-version-file` input accepts a path to a `go.mod` file or a `go.work` file that contains the version of Go to be used by a project.
The `go-version-file` input accepts a path to a `go.mod` file or a `go.work`
file that contains the version of Go to be used by a project. The version taken
from thils file will be:
- The version from the `toolchain` directive, if there is one, otherwise
- The version from the `go` directive
The version can specify a patch version or omit it altogether (e.g., `go 1.22.0` or `go 1.22`).
The `go` directive in `go.mod` can specify a patch version or omit it altogether (e.g., `go 1.22.0` or `go 1.22`).
If a patch version is specified, that specific patch version will be used.
If a patch version is specified, that specific patch version will be used.
If no patch version is specified, it will search for the latest available patch version in the cache,
If no patch version is specified, it will search for the latest available patch version in the cache,
[versions-manifest.json](https://github.com/actions/go-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json), and the
[versions-manifest.json](https://github.com/actions/go-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json), and the
@ -204,8 +197,8 @@ If both the `go-version` and the `go-version-file` inputs are provided then the
```yaml
```yaml
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v5
- uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version-file: 'path/to/go.mod'
go-version-file: 'path/to/go.mod'
- run: go version
- run: go version
@ -222,9 +215,9 @@ jobs:
go: [ '1.14', '1.13' ]
go: [ '1.14', '1.13' ]
name: Go ${{ matrix.go }} sample
name: Go ${{ matrix.go }} sample
steps:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- name: Setup go
- name: Setup go
uses: actions/setup-go@v5
uses: actions/setup-go@v6
with:
with:
go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
- run: go run hello.go
- run: go run hello.go
@ -252,7 +245,7 @@ If that fails as well the action will try to download versions directly from htt
If that fails as well you can get a higher rate limit with [generating a personal access token on github.com](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new) and passing it as the `token` input to the action:
If that fails as well you can get a higher rate limit with [generating a personal access token on github.com](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new) and passing it as the `token` input to the action:
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