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		ominous_prime on July 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Setting Go variables from the outside This doesn't affect `go get`. You can use the same options when fetching the package, setting the variable or leaving it as the default. `go get -ldflags="-X main.Who CloudFlare" import/path/package`

andrewstuart2 on July 1, 2015 [–]

I guess that's pretty reasonable. Especially coupled with sensible defaults for your variables like "unreleased" in the article. If you're building for a release you're probably a lot more up-to-speed on the needs for a release build anyway.

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