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The V2 offers:
- Adds GOBIN to the PATH
- Proxy Support
- stable input
- `stable` input
- Check latest version
- Bug Fixes (including issues around version matching and semver)
It will first check the local cache for a version match. If version is not found locally, It will pull it from `main` branch of [go-versions](https://github.com/actions/go-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json) repository and on miss or failure, it will fall back to the previous behavior of download directly from [go dist](https://storage.googleapis.com/golang).
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) repository. On miss or failure, it will fall back to downloading directly from [go dist](https://storage.googleapis.com/golang). To change the default behavior, please use the [check-latest input](#check-latest-version).
Matching by [semver spec](https://github.com/npm/node-semver):
```yaml
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See [action.yml](action.yml)
Basic:
## Basic:
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: actions/setup-go@v2
with:
go-version: '1.16.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
- run: go run hello.go
```
## Check latest version:
The `check-latest` flag defaults to `false`. Use the default or set `check-latest` to `false` if you prefer stability and if you want to ensure a specific Go version is always used.
If `check-latest` is set to `true`, the action first checks if the cached version is the latest one. If the locally cached version is not the most up-to-date, a Go version will then be downloaded. Set `check-latest` to `true` if you want the most up-to-date Go version to always be used.
> Setting `check-latest` to `true` has performance implications as downloading Go versions is slower than using cached versions.
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: actions/setup-go@v2
with:
go-version: '1.9.3' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.