asdf to manage multiple Golang on Mac

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Installation

git clone https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git ~/.asdf --branch v0.8.1

Add asdf to zsh

ZSH & Homebrew

Add asdf.sh to your ~/.zshrc with:

echo -e "\n. $(brew --prefix asdf)/libexec/asdf.sh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zshrc

ZSH & Git

Add the following to ~/.zshrc:

. $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh

Install plugin dependencies

brew install gpg gawk

Install Golang

Version control config file: ~/.tool-versions

## Install golang plugin
asdf plugin-add golang

# Install global version golang
asdf install golang 1.17.7

# Setup global golang version
asdf global golang 1.17.7

# Setup local version of golang

asdf local golang 1.16

Setup Golang environment

Paste it into your .bashrc or .zshrc

export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
export GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT)
export GOBIN=$(go env GOBIN)
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOBIN

# Source
# https://gist.github.com/vsouza/77e6b20520d07652ed7d#file-zshrc

Save and restart your terminal

Try to install something useful

# shfmt lint 
go install mvdan.cc/sh/v3/cmd/shfmt@latest

# Git Semantic Versioning
go get -u github.com/linyows/git-semv/cmd/git-semv

References:

  1. https://gist.github.com/rubencaro/5ce32fb30bbfa70e7db6be14cf42a35c
  2. https://gist.github.com/rubencaro/5ce32fb30bbfa70e7db6be14cf42a35c
  3. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25216765/gobin-not-set-cannot-run-go-install