goreleaser/docs/020-environment.md

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Environment

GitHub Token

GoReleaser requires a GitHub API token with the repo scope selected to deploy the artifacts to GitHub. You can create one here.

This token should be added to the environment variables as GITHUB_TOKEN. Here is how to do it with Travis CI: Defining Variables in Repository Settings.

The dist folder

By default, GoReleaser will create its artifacts in the ./dist folder. If you must, you can change it by setting it in the .goreleaser.yml file:

# .goreleaser.yml
dist: another-folder-that-is-not-dist

Using the main.version

GoReleaser always sets a main.version ldflag. You can use it in your main.go file:

package main

var version = "master"

func main() {
  println(version)
}

version will be set to the current Git tag (the v prefix is stripped) or the name of the snapshot, if you're using the --snapshot flag.

You can override this by changing the ldflags option in the build section.