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+# godist
+
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/written%20in-bash-blue)
+
+A template shell script for building golang binaries for distribution.
+
+There are a number of nonobvious steps involved when building release archives for a golang binary. This template build script is intended to be copied into your own repository as a base.
+
+- Build for mulitple platforms
+- Archive in platform native format
+- Always rebuild dependencies
+- Strip sensitive symbol information (`ldflags '-s -w'`)
+- Strip sensitive path information (remove baked `$GOPATH`)
+- Strip sensitive user information (`tar --owner=0 --group=0`)
+- ISC license
+- "Works on my machine" (go 1.7 win64 with cygwin)
+
+## Changelog
+
+2017-02-11 1.2
+- Fix an issue with `trimpath` if the `$GOPATH` contained a trailing slash
+- [⬇️ godist-1.2.zip](dist-archive/godist-1.2.zip) *(1.76 KiB)*
+
+
+2016-10-08 1.1
+- Use `trimpath` instead of custom stripper for removing baked `$GOPATH`
+- [⬇️ godist-1.1.zip](dist-archive/godist-1.1.zip) *(1.71 KiB)*
+
+
+2016-05-01 1.0
+- Initial public release
+- [⬇️ godist-1.0.zip](dist-archive/godist-1.0.zip) *(1.89 KiB)*
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