Dep: init failed: unable to detect the containing GOPATH

[eromoe]

What version of dep are you using (dep version)?

dep:
 version     : devel
 build date  :
 git hash    :
 go version  : go1.9.2
 go compiler : gc
 platform    : windows/amd64

What dep command did you run?

dep init

go env

set GOARCH=amd64
set GOBIN=
set GOEXE=.exe
set GOHOSTARCH=amd64
set GOHOSTOS=windows
set GOOS=windows
set GOPATH=D:\GOPATH
set GORACE=
set GOROOT=D:\Go
set GOTOOLDIR=D:\Go\pkg\tool\windows_amd64
set GCCGO=gccgo
set CC=gcc
set GOGCCFLAGS=-m64 -mthreads -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=C:\Users\ufo\AppData\Local\Tem
p\go-build971455519=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches
set CXX=g++
set CGO_ENABLED=1
set CGO_CFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_CPPFLAGS=
set CGO_CXXFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_FFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_LDFLAGS=-g -O2
set PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config

What did you see instead?

init failed: unable to detect the containing GOPATH: E:\Project\allproject_git\worker is not within
a known GOPATH/src

worker is an empty folder.

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ASLO tried with release version :

ctx.DetectProjectGOPATH: E:\Project\allproject_git\xxx is not within a known GOPATH/src

PS: why don't you add .exe to windows binary name?

[eromoe]

Does this mean I have to develop go program under $GOPATH ?

[darkowlzz]

@eromoe Hi, you are right about developing within $GOPATH. That's how go development works right? 😅 You can read more about that here https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH

PS: why don't you add .exe to windows binary name?

We have done that already and the next release would have .exe suffix. Refer the changelog https://github.com/golang/dep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md.

Closing the issue.

[liesauer]

every project needs to be developed under GOPATH, it is very sucks. It's 9102 now, man.

[daithi-coombes]

every project needs to be developed under GOPATH, it is very sucks. It's 9102 now, man.

use version 1.11+
https://medium.com/mindorks/create-projects-independent-of-gopath-using-go-modules-802260cdfb51

[devinbost]

Isn't the best practice to use Go Modules instead of GOPATH???