goreleaser/docs/050-build.md

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Builds

Builds can be customized in multiple ways. You can specify for which GOOS and GOARCH binaries are generated, and you can changed the name of the binary, flags, ldflags, hooks, etc.

Here is a commented builds section with all fields specified:

# .goreleaser.yml
builds:
  # You can have multiple builds defined as a yaml list
  -
    # Path to main.go file or main package.
    # Default is `.`.
    main: ./cmd/main.go

    # Name of the binary.
    # This is parsed with the Go template engine and the following variables
    # are available:
    # - Date
    # - Commit
    # - Tag
    # - Version (Git tag without `v` prefix)
    # Date format is `2006-01-02_15:04:05`.
    # Default is the name of the project directory.
    binary: program

    # Set flags for custom build tags.
    # Default is empty.
    flags: -tags dev

    # Custom ldflags template.
    # This is parsed with the Go template engine and the following variables
    # are available:
    # - Date
    # - Commit
    # - Tag
    # - Version (Git tag without `v` prefix)
    # Date format is `2006-01-02_15:04:05`.
    # You can use the `time` function instead of `Date`, for example:
    # `time "2006-01-02"` too if you need custom formats
    #
    # Default is `-s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.Date}}`.
    ldflags: -s -w -X main.build={{.Version}}

    # Custom environment variables to be set during the builds.
    # Default is empty.
    env:
      - CGO_ENABLED=0

    # GOOS list to build for.
    # For more info refer to: https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment
    # Defaults are darwin and linux.
    goos:
      - freebsd
      - windows

    # GOARCH to build for.
    # For more info refer to: https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment
    # Defaults are 386 and amd64.
    goarch:
      - amd64
      - arm
      - arm64

    # GOARM to build for when GOARCH is arm.
    # For more info refer to: https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment
    # Default is only 6.
    goarm:
      - 6
      - 7

    # List of combinations of GOOS + GOARCH + GOARM to ignore.
    # Default is empty.
    ignore:
      - goos: darwin
        goarch: 386
      - goos: linux
        goarch: arm
        goarm: 7

    # Hooks can be used to customize the final binary,
    # for example, to run generators.
    # Default is both hooks empty.
    hooks:
      pre: rice embed-go
      post: ./script.sh

Passing environment variables to ldflags

You can do that by using {{ .Env.VARIABLE_NAME }} in the template, for example:

builds:
  - ldflags: -s -w -X "main.goversion={{.Env.GOVERSION}}"

Then you can run:

GOVERSION=$(go version) goreleaser