Go microservice in project and monolit git repository

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Let's say I want to write one of my microservices in a project with go and I also want to keep monolit git repository for the whole project. The problem is that such microservice should be located under GOPATH and I can't even symlink it into my project cause git doesn't support symlinks. What are options to keep the monolit repository for project while having go microservices in it?

Edit: I mean what the best practice to keep go microservice in git for non-golang project.

@Flimzy accrording to this https://stackoverflow.com/a/18791647/1180020 it doesn't. i mean it doesn't count symlink to dir as dir — mirt, Dec 24 '17 at 12:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '17 at 06:11

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Just for simplicity suppose: project is located in /Users/user/Workspace/Monorepo/go-microservice checked out from github repo github.com/Company/Monorepo.

Make symlink from another side: from GOPATH to required folder. Your repo is kept in standard space and GO can see code with its usual path.

Thus make in folder /Users/user/go/src/github.com/Company symlink Monorepo pointing to first path.

answered Dec 24 '17 at 06:11

Eugene Lisitsky

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So the go pkg directory wouldn't be in the git repository. Is it the right choice? – mirt Dec 24 '17 at 12:36
@mirt yes, you do not need `pkg` in git repo. Only source code. – Eugene Lisitsky Dec 24 '17 at 12:41
That has more to do with git not supporting directories. – Jonathan Hall Dec 24 '17 at 14:11

Go microservice in project and monolit git repository

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