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0 pointsvetinari3y ago0 comments

  export GOPATH=~/Projects/go

Has been like this since forever.

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xdennis3y ago

Being like that for a long time is not a justification for terrible defaults.

pasc18783y ago

That is a better default than a hidden directory. It is obvious and so you can set GOPATH

Also works better on Windows where .path is not hidden

Also it seems Rob Pike one of the creators of Go and involved with early UNIX thinks that . making hidden files was a mistake. Quote via XahLee http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/writ/unix_origin_of_dot_... - original was Google+ so not existing now.

arghwhat3y ago

Sure, hidden folders are a mistake, but less of a mistake than not adhering to standardized folder structures and just littering in people's home folders.

tough3y ago

I hate it when I forget to show hidden files on mac.

They had a kb shortcut for it

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