Task•3mo ago

Is it possible to to specify a Go version in a Taskfile?

When building a Taskfile.yml, is it possible to specify the Go version used when building the application? This is all I have in my Taskfile.yml:

version: 3

tasks:
  build:
    cmds:
      - go build .

version: 3

tasks:
  build:
    cmds:
      - go build .

4 Replies

andreynering•3mo ago

Hi @HighDesertStorm, Your Taskfile will call whatever go binary is available in your PATH. You can call go version to know its version. If you want a different version, you'll need to install it yourself.

HighDesertStormOP•3mo ago

@andreynering - what if Go is not installed? I saw it download Go when it’s not installed. I’m assuming it just using the version in the go.mod file?

andreynering•3mo ago

@HighDesertStorm Task certainly won't download Go for you. It's a generic task runner: it will basically just run the commands you've configured on your Taskfile.

HighDesertStormOP•3mo ago

@andreynering that’s interesting… I deleted go from my system, ran the Taskfile that I put here and it listed a step and said it was downloading Go

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Is it possible to to specify a Go version in a Taskfile?