I have a project that provides a library (exports some funcs) and also must provide a command-line interface (there must be an executable file).
Example of directory structure:
whatever.io/
myproject/
main.go
myproject.go
The go compiler needs the package main and func main to start execution. My library needs the package myproject where I put stuff on it. This is what the go tool says when I am building another project that tries to import myproject:
main.go:5:2: found packages myproject (myproject.go) and main (main.go) in $GOPATH/src/whatever.io/myproject
So I believe there is no way to do it.
Should I move the library or the CLI to another package?
Just move your packages inside a new folder within the same directory of main.go. Remember to import the new package from the reference of the $GOPATH.
Example:
user@user:~/p/go/test/so-multipack$ ls -R
.:
a main.go
./a:
a.go
user@user:~/p/go/test/so-multipack$ cat main.go
package main
import (
"../so-multipack/a"
)
func main(){
a.Hello()
}
user@user:~/p/go/test/so-multipack$ cat a/a.go
package a
import (
"fmt"
)
func Hello(){
fmt.Println("hello from a")
}
user@user:~/p/go/test/so-multipack$ go run main.go
hello from a
user@user:~/p/go/test/so-multipack$ go build
user@user:~/p/go/test/so-multipack$ ls
a main.go so-multipack
user@user:~/p/go/test/so-multipack$
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