Dev Tools · 2h ago
Injecting Version Info at Build Time in Go With -ldflags
Go developers can embed version and commit info into binaries using -ldflags -X or runtime/debug.BuildInfo. The -ldflags approach overwrites string variables at link time but silently fails if the import path is wrong. BuildInfo, available since Go 1.18, automatically records the VCS revision without extra build flags.
Meridian48 take
A practical guide for Go devs, but the silent-failure gotcha is worth highlighting—many will hit it.
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