If the package has no Go files, then you can't import it, so you have to use go get -d. You say that go get -d fails; how does it fail?

@ianlancetaylor @minux

thanks~

my scenario is using Makefile to build/deploy go projects.
the Makefile file contents may looks like:

init:
    go get -u github.com/xx/yy
    go get github.com/aa/bb

if i want to build the project, i can simply type "make init". BUT, if the command "go get github.com/aa/bb" fails, it will break the process of making. although i can use "make -i init", but as a programmer, it feels uncomfortable to see any exceptions.😂

i want to know or as a suggestion, if go can provide any callbacks of cmd/go tools, so we can register some events to do specified functions

go get is just a wrapper around git clone, why not call git clone explicity
?

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thanks~

my scenario is using Makefile to build/deploy go projects.
the Makefile file contents may looks like:

init:
go get -u github.com/xx/yy
go get github.com/aa/bb

if i want to build the project, i can simply type "make init". BUT, if the
command "go get github.com/aa/bb" fails, it will break the process of
making. although i can use "make -i init", but as a programmer, it feels
uncomfortable to see any exceptions.😂

i want to know or as a suggestion, if go can provide any callbacks of
cmd/go tools, so we can register some events to do specified functions

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That's really not what go get is for. Probably git clone is your best bet.