Go dep keep package 即使当前没有使用

Question

Go dep's dep ensure command will remove packages not currently in use. There's one particular package we use for debugging github.com/sanity-io/litter。我们面临的挑战是，如果我们运行 dep ensure 在调试会话之外，dep 将删除该包。

一个解决方案可能是在不会打扰任何人的代码中的某个后台位置调用该包，从而向 dep 表明我们实际上正在使用该包。但这听起来很丑陋，而且可能会被团队中未来的开发人员删除。

所以，问题是，如何告诉 dep 保留一个包，即使它当前没有被使用？

Answer 1

你应该使用 required 作为你的依赖，看看 documentation 关于它。 link 关于 required 部分可能更有用。

Answer 2

添加到Gopkg.toml的开头：

required = ["github.com/sanity-io/litter"]

The Gopkg.toml docs 状态关于 required:

Use this for: linters, generators, and other development tools that

Are needed by your project

Aren't imported by your project, directly or transitively

You don't want to put them in your GOPATH, and/or you want to lock the version

Please note that this only pulls in the sources of these dependencies. It does not install or compile them.

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