Go

The following are instructions for using the go mise core plugin. This is used when there isn't a git plugin installed named "go".

If you want to use asdf-golang then use mise plugins install go GIT_URL.

The code for this is inside the mise repository at ./src/plugins/core/go.rs.

Usage

The following installs the latest version of go-1.21.x (if some version of 1.21.x is not already installed) and makes it the global default:

mise use -g [email protected]

Minor go versions 1.20 and below require specifying prefix before the version number because the first version of each series was released without a .0 suffix, making 1.20 an exact version match:

mise use -g go@prefix:1.20

Settings

Default packages

mise can automatically install a default set of packages right after installing a new go version. To enable this feature, provide a $HOME/.default-go-packages file that lists one packages per line, for example:

github.com/Dreamacro/clash # allows comments
github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit

.go-version file support

mise uses a mise.toml or .tool-versions file for auto-switching between software versions. However it can also read go-specific version files named .go-version.