1 # The Go Programming Language
3 Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple,
4 reliable, and efficient software.
6 ![Gopher image](doc/gopher/fiveyears.jpg)
8 For documentation about how to install and use Go,
9 visit https://golang.org/ or load doc/install-source.html
12 Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go.
13 (There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.)
15 Please report issues here: https://golang.org/issue/new
17 Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help!
19 To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines:
20 https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html
22 ##### Please note that we do not use pull requests.
24 Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed
25 under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.
29 ## Binary Distribution Notes
31 If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, you need to set
32 the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go
33 directory (the one containing this file). You can omit the
34 variable if you unpack it into /usr/local/go, or if you rebuild
35 from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install-source.html).
36 You should also add the Go binary directory $GOROOT/bin
39 For example, if you extracted the tar file into $HOME/go, you might
40 put the following in your .profile:
42 export GOROOT=$HOME/go
43 export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
45 See https://golang.org/doc/install or doc/install.html for more details.