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proposal: cmd/go: add go version --short #72867

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pjebs opened this issue Mar 14, 2025 · 3 comments
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proposal: cmd/go: add go version --short #72867

pjebs opened this issue Mar 14, 2025 · 3 comments

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pjebs commented Mar 14, 2025 •
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Currently,

$ go version
go version go1.13.6 linux/amd64

It would be nice if

$ go version --short
1.13.6

Not every operating system or terminal app has consistent utility applications to extract it like this:

$ v=`go version | { read _ _ v _; echo ${v#go}; }`
$ echo $v
1.13.6

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59820549/how-to-extract-only-version-from-go-version-command-using-sed-or-other-bash-co
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I think this is like #55136, if you need to script something, then you'll already have the necessary processing tools.

@seankhliao seankhliao closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Mar 14, 2025
@Jorropo Jorropo changed the title Feature request: Go version --short proposal: cmd/dist: add go version --short Mar 14, 2025
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pjebs commented Mar 14, 2025 •
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I have to pass a build tag to go build , where the suffix of the tag name is dependent on the go version (including patch version).

$ go build -tag shrinkpkg$(go version --short) ...

Do you have a solution (that all main os and terminal apps can run)? The prior issue linked is not relevant and RSC says it was likely declined because he wanted a use-case.

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go env GOVERSION

@seankhliao seankhliao changed the title proposal: cmd/dist: add go version --short proposal: cmd/go: add go version --short Mar 14, 2025
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