| # The Go Programming Language |
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| Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, |
| reliable, and efficient software. |
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| ![Gopher image](doc/gopher/fiveyears.jpg) |
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| For documentation about how to install and use Go, |
| visit https://golang.org/ or load doc/install-source.html |
| in your web browser. |
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| Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. |
| There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go. |
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| Please report issues here: https://golang.org/issue/new |
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| Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help! |
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| To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: |
| https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html |
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| ##### Please note that we do not use pull requests. |
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| Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed |
| under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. |
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| ## Binary Distribution Notes |
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| If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, you need to set |
| the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go |
| directory (the one containing this file). You can omit the |
| variable if you unpack it into /usr/local/go, or if you rebuild |
| from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install-source.html). |
| You should also add the Go binary directory $GOROOT/bin |
| to your shell's path. |
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| For example, if you extracted the tar file into $HOME/go, you might |
| put the following in your .profile: |
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| export GOROOT=$HOME/go |
| export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin |
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| See https://golang.org/doc/install or doc/install.html for more details. |