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[mirror] Go text processing support

  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
  • codereview.cfg
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • doc.go
  • gen.go
  • go.mod
  • go.sum
  • LICENSE
  • PATENTS
  • README.md

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/golang/text

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd text

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Go

Medium Recommended
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Go The Go compiler and toolchain.
go build ./...

Compiles the Go program into an executable.

go run .

Runs the Go program directly without a separate build step.

βœ… If the build finishes without errors, it worked. If you used go run ., check the terminal output.

3. Make

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).
⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.
cd collate/tools/colcmp

This project's files live in a subfolder, so move into it first.

make

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

βœ… If it finishes without errors, it worked. Try running the generated executable directly.
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