Commit 8fac7e3c authored by Russ Cox's avatar Russ Cox

cmd/go: document that go generate accepts all build flags

Fixes #12544.

Change-Id: I5e2fd1fbb21816e9f6fb022e2664484a71093b04
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/17947Reviewed-by: default avatarBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
parent ab39b8de
......@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Generate Go files by processing source
Usage:
go generate [-run regexp] [file.go... | packages]
go generate [-run regexp] [-n] [-v] [-x] [build flags] [file.go... | packages]
Generate runs commands described by directives within existing
files. Those commands can run any process but the intent is to
......@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ processed.
The -n flag prints commands that would be executed.
The -x flag prints commands as they are executed.
For more about build flags, see 'go help build'.
For more about specifying packages, see 'go help packages'.
......@@ -1316,6 +1318,14 @@ internally at Google all begin with 'google', and paths
denoting remote repositories begin with the path to the code,
such as 'github.com/user/repo'.
Packages in a program need not have unique package names,
but there are two reserved package names with special meaning.
The name main indicates a command, not a library.
Commands are built into binaries and cannot be imported.
The name documentation indicates documentation for
a non-Go program in the directory. Files in package documentation
are ignored by the go command.
As a special case, if the package list is a list of .go files from a
single directory, the command is applied to a single synthesized
package made up of exactly those files, ignoring any build constraints
......
......@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
var cmdGenerate = &Command{
Run: runGenerate,
UsageLine: "generate [-run regexp] [file.go... | packages]",
UsageLine: "generate [-run regexp] [-n] [-v] [-x] [build flags] [file.go... | packages]",
Short: "generate Go files by processing source",
Long: `
Generate runs commands described by directives within existing
......@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ processed.
The -n flag prints commands that would be executed.
The -x flag prints commands as they are executed.
For more about build flags, see 'go help build'.
For more about specifying packages, see 'go help packages'.
`,
}
......
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment