How to Add Multiple Directories in GOPATH with VSCode?

Since go versions keep moving up, maintaining GOPATH inside a Go installation path is a pain.

export GOPATH=/home/a-user/go/1.14.9

ls /home/a-user/go/1.14.0/src 
bitbucket.org github.com    go.uber.org   golang.org    gopkg.in

Adding multiple directories in GOPATH

1. Create a directory e.g. for work

   mkdir $HOME/mywork
   

2. GOPATH assumes a structure in the directory, so create three directories inside.

   ls $HOME/mywork
   bin pkg src
   

3. You will do all your personal development work inside $HOME/mywork/src.

   ls $HOME/mywork/src
   project-01
   

4. Append .bashrc or .zshrc (append is a must, it won’t work otherwise because GOPATH is preset by goenv)

   # keep it at the end of the file
   export GOENV_ROOT="$HOME/.goenv"
   export PATH="$GOENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
   eval "$(goenv init -)"
   
   export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH"
   export PATH="$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"
   export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"
   
   # add personal directory
   export GOPATH="$GOPATH:$HOME/mywork/"
   

5. Open the directory $HOME/mywork/src/project-01 in VSCode workspace.
6. If you have the VSCode extension for Go installed, restart VSCode.

If go to implementation doesn’t work, ensure that go is installed properly with src directory.

ls $HOME/go/1.14.0/ 
bin pkg src

That’s all folks!

References

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/understanding-the-gopath
• go help gopath