package gexec import ( "errors" "fmt" "io/ioutil" "os" "os/exec" "path" "path/filepath" "runtime" ) var tmpDir string /* Build uses go build to compile the package at packagePath. The resulting binary is saved off in a temporary directory. A path pointing to this binary is returned. Build uses the $GOPATH set in your environment. It passes the variadic args on to `go build`. */ func Build(packagePath string, args ...string) (compiledPath string, err error) { return BuildIn(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), packagePath, args...) } /* BuildIn is identical to Build but allows you to specify a custom $GOPATH (the first argument). */ func BuildIn(gopath string, packagePath string, args ...string) (compiledPath string, err error) { tmpDir, err := temporaryDirectory() if err != nil { return "", err } if len(gopath) == 0 { return "", errors.New("$GOPATH not provided when building " + packagePath) } executable := filepath.Join(tmpDir, path.Base(packagePath)) if runtime.GOOS == "windows" { executable = executable + ".exe" } cmdArgs := append([]string{"build"}, args...) cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "-o", executable, packagePath) build := exec.Command("go", cmdArgs...) build.Env = append([]string{"GOPATH=" + gopath}, os.Environ()...) output, err := build.CombinedOutput() if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to build %s:\n\nError:\n%s\n\nOutput:\n%s", packagePath, err, string(output)) } return executable, nil } /* You should call CleanupBuildArtifacts before your test ends to clean up any temporary artifacts generated by gexec. In Ginkgo this is typically done in an AfterSuite callback. */ func CleanupBuildArtifacts() { if tmpDir != "" { os.RemoveAll(tmpDir) } } func temporaryDirectory() (string, error) { var err error if tmpDir == "" { tmpDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "gexec_artifacts") if err != nil { return "", err } } return ioutil.TempDir(tmpDir, "g") }