| Andrew Gerrand | 495e02d | 2014-12-10 16:06:47 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # The Go Programming Language |
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| Andrew Gerrand | 69f24cf | 2014-12-11 09:44:54 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, |
| 4 | reliable, and efficient software. |
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| Andrew Gerrand | 495e02d | 2014-12-10 16:06:47 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 6 |  |
| Chris Broadfoot | ef25939 | 2017-02-02 16:43:24 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | *Gopher image by [Renee French][rf], licensed under [Creative Commons 3.0 Attributions license][cc3-by].* |
| Andrew Gerrand | 495e02d | 2014-12-10 16:06:47 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | |
| Andrew Gerrand | 495e02d | 2014-12-10 16:06:47 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. |
| Ryan Seys | ac45234 | 2015-02-18 21:34:44 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go. |
| Andrew Gerrand | 495e02d | 2014-12-10 16:06:47 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
| Alberto Donizetti | f674537 | 2017-01-16 12:25:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the |
| 13 | BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. |
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| 15 | ### Download and Install |
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| 17 | #### Binary Distributions |
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| 19 | Official binary distributions are available at https://golang.org/dl/. |
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| 21 | After downloading a binary release, visit https://golang.org/doc/install |
| Suriyaa Sundararuban | 235c5cf | 2018-06-06 18:33:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | or load [doc/install.html](./doc/install.html) in your web browser for installation |
| Alberto Donizetti | f674537 | 2017-01-16 12:25:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | instructions. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | #### Install From Source |
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| 27 | If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of |
| 28 | operating system and architecture, visit |
| Suriyaa Sundararuban | 235c5cf | 2018-06-06 18:33:36 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | https://golang.org/doc/install/source or load [doc/install-source.html](./doc/install-source.html) |
| Alberto Donizetti | f674537 | 2017-01-16 12:25:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | in your web browser for source installation instructions. |
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| 32 | ### Contributing |
| 33 | |
| Dhruvdutt Jadhav | f113a62 | 2018-04-03 17:08:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | Go is the work of thousands of contributors. We appreciate your help! |
| Andrew Gerrand | 495e02d | 2014-12-10 16:06:47 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | |
| 36 | To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: |
| Andrew Gerrand | 69f24cf | 2014-12-11 09:44:54 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html |
| Andrew Gerrand | 495e02d | 2014-12-10 16:06:47 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | |
| Andrew Bonventre | 4c4ce3d | 2018-02-12 20:13:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and |
| 40 | proposals only. See https://golang.org/wiki/Questions for a list of |
| 41 | places to ask questions about the Go language. |
| Chris Broadfoot | ef25939 | 2017-02-02 16:43:24 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | |
| 43 | [rf]: https://reneefrench.blogspot.com/ |
| 44 | [cc3-by]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
