Please build file generator and formatter capable of generating go_binary, go_library and go_test build rules from existing go code while also ensuring that unused dependencies are stripped from go build rules as the underlying go code changes over time.

Wollemi currently does not generate third party go_get rules but may do so in a future release. When the gofmt command is unable to find a third party dependency to satisfy a go import it will issue an error with the message "could not resolve go import". This can be fixed by defining a go_get rule for the go import anywhere inside of the third_party/go directory.

See Vim setup.

• please

GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/tcncloud/wollemi

Wollemi can also be installed by running the following install script from the root of the repository which will build the binary using please.

./install.sh

Last, but not least you can download Wollemi with Please itself.

In your project create a file (eg. tools/BUILD.plz) with following content:

WOLLEMI_VERSION = "v0.2.1"
remote_file(
    name = "wollemi",
    url = f"https://github.com/tcncloud/wollemi/releases/download/{WOLLEMI_VERSION}/wollemi-{WOLLEMI_VERSION}-{CONFIG.HOSTOS}-{CONFIG.HOSTARCH}.tar.gz",
    extract = True,
    binary = True,
)

Note: commands like gofmt require GOROOT to be set, so running Wollemi with plz run requires wrapper that sets GOROOT as an environment variable:

build_rule(
    name = "wollemi-wrapper",
    outs = ["wollemi.sh"],
    binary = True,
    cmd = "cat > \"$OUT\" << EOF\n#!/bin/sh\nexport GOROOT=$(\"$TOOLS_GO\" env GOROOT)\n$(out_exe :wollemi) \\\\$@\nEOF\n",
    tools = {"go": [CONFIG.GO_TOOL]},
    visibility = ["PUBLIC"],
    deps = [":wollemi"],
)

The wollemi completion script for Bash can be generated with the command wollemi completion bash. Sourcing the completion script in your shell enables wollemi command auto-completion.

To do so in all your shell sessions, add the following to your ~/.bash_profile file:

source <(wollemi completion bash)

After reloading your shell, wollemi autocompletion should be working.

Wollemi completions require bash version 4.1 or higher and bash-completion@2. You can check your version by running echo $BASH_VERSION. If your version is too old and you are using macOS you can install or upgrade it using Homebrew.

brew install bash
brew install bash-completion@2

The wollemi completion script for Zsh can be generated with the command wollemi completion zsh. Sourcing the completion script in your shell enables wollemi command auto-completion.

To do so in all your shell sessions, add the following to your ~/.zshrc file:

autoload -Uz compinit && compinit -C
source <(wollemi completion zsh)
compdef _wollemi wollemi

After reloading your shell, wollemi autocompletion should be working.

Vim can be setup to automatically run wollemi gofmt on file changes by adding the following line to your vimrc. With this addition, whenever a go file is written, wollemi gofmt will be automatically run on the package containing the modified file.

autocmd BufWritePost *.go silent exec '!wollemi --log fatal gofmt' shellescape(expand('%:h'), 1)

Thanks to @jamesjarvis wollemi have a VS Code plugin now https://github.com/jamesjarvis/vs-wollemi VSCode marketplace link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jamesjarvis.vs-wollemi

Formats please build files. Formatting modifications include:

• Double quoted strings instead of single quoted strings.
• Deduplication of attribute list entries.
• Ordering of attribute list entries.
• Ordering of rule attributes.
• Deletion of empty build files.
• Consistent build identifiers.
• Text alignment.

Format a specific build file.
    $ wollemi fmt project/service/routes

Recursively format all build files under the routes directory.
    $ wollemi fmt project/service/routes/...

Recursively format all build files under the working directory.
    $ wollemi fmt

Rewrites and generates go_binary, go_library and go_test rules according to existing go code. It also applies all formatting modifications from the wollemi fmt command.

Wollemi is currently unable to parse build files which contain python string interpolation. These build files will not be formatted because of this issue. Also, when the unparseable build file contains go get rules gofmt will be unable to resolve go dependencies to targets contained in this build file. To get around the unresolved go dependency issue you can write a .wollemi.json config file which contains a known dependency mapping from the unresolvable go package to the correct build target.

# project/.wollemi.json
{
  "known_dependency": {
    "go.opencensus.io": "//third_party/go/go.opencensus.io:all_libs"
  }
}

Occasionally a go dependency will be able to be resolved to multiple go get rules and wollemi may choose the wrong target for your needs. These cases can be resolved using a config file which sets a known dependency mapping from the go package to the desired target.

# project/service/routes/.wollemi.json
{
  "default_visibility": "//project/service/routes/...",
  "known_dependency": {
    "github.com/olivere/elastic": "//third_party/go/github.com/olivere/elastic:v7"
  }
}

Config files can be placed in any directory. Every build file gets formatted using a config which is the result of merging together all config files discovered between the build file directory and the directory gofmt was invoked from.

The config file can also define a default visibility. When wollemi gofmt is invoked recursively on a directory it will use a default visibility equal to the path it was given on any new go build rules generated. The visibility of existing go build rules is never modified.

For example, the following gofmt would apply a default visibility of ["project/service/routes/..."] to any new go build rules generated.

wollemi gofmt project/service/routes/...

When gofmt is run on an individual package the default visiblity applied is ["PUBLIC"] for any new go build rules generated.

Alternatively the default visiblity can be explicitly provided through a .wollemi.json config file which will override both implicit cases above. The format and usage of these config files is described in more detail below in Configuration.

Sometimes a third party dependency is required even though the go code doesn't directly require it. To force gofmt to keep these dependencies you must decorate the dependency with the following comment.

"//third_party/go/cloud.google.com/go:container", # wollemi:keep

The keep comment can also be placed above go build rules you don't want gofmt to modify. These cases should be rare and this feature should be used only when absolutely necessary.

Go format a specific build file.
    $ wollemi gofmt project/service/routes

Recursively go format all build files under the routes directory.
    $ wollemi gofmt project/service/routes/...

Recursively go format all build files under the working directory.
    $ wollemi gofmt

Lists potentially unused build rules. Unused in this context simply means no other build files depend on this rule. User discretion is needed to make the final call whether an unused build rule listed here should be pruned.

List all unused go_get rules.
    $ wollemi rules unused --kind go_get

List all unused rules under the routes directory.
    $ wollemi rules unused project/service/routes/...

List all unused rules except those under k8s and third_party.
    $ wollemi rules unused --exclude k8s,third_party

Prune unused third_party go_get rules.
    $ wollemi rules unused --prune --kind go_get third_party/go/...

Lists and optionally prunes project symlinks. Listed symlinks can be filtered with --broken in which case only broken symlinks are shown, --name in which case only symlinks with a name matching the provided pattern will be shown. For information on what the --name pattern can contain see go doc path/filepath.Match. Listed symlinks can also be filtered using --exclude in which case only symlinks which do not have the excluded prefix will be shown. The --prune flag can be added to any list in which case listed symlinks are deleted.

List all symlinks under the routes directory.
    $ wollemi symlink list project/service/routes/...

List only symlinks in a specific directory.
    $ wollemi symlink list project/service/routes

List all symlinks in the GOPATH. (excludes working directory)
    $ wollemi symlink list --go-path

List all broken symlinks.
    $ wollemi symlink list --broken

List all go_mock symlinks under the routes directory.
    $ wollemi symlink list --name *.mg.go project/service/routes/...

Prune all go_mock symlinks under the routes directory.
    $ wollemi symlink list --prune --name *.mg.go project/service/routes/...

Symlinks third party dependencies into the go path. Symlinks will not be created when there are existing files in the symlink path. Instead the command will issue warnings where symlink creation was not possible. When deletion of these files is acceptable the --force flag can be used to force symlink creation by first removing the existing files preventing the symlink creation.

Symlink all imported third party deps under the routes directory into the go path.
    $ wollemi symlink go-path project/service/routes/...

Symlink all third party deps for specific package into the go path.
    $ wollemi symlink go-path project/service/routes

The following is an example of a valid .wollemi.json config file.

{
  "default_visibility": "//project/service/routes/...",
  "allow_unresolved_dependency": true,
  "explicit_sources": true,
  "known_dependency": {
    "github.com/olivere/elastic": "//third_party/go/github.com/olivere/elastic:v7"
  },
  "gofmt": {
    "rewrite": true,
    "create": ["go_binary", "go_library", "go_test"],
    "manage": ["default", "go_custom_binary"]
    "mapped": {
      "go_test": "go_custom_test"
    }
  }
}

These config files may be placed in any directory and the settings defined apply to the package that contains the config file as well as to all sub directory packages.

foo
├── .plzconfig
├── .wollemi.json
├── BUILD.plz
└── bar
    ├── .wollemi.json
    ├── BUILD.plz
    ├── bar.go
    └── baz
        ├── BUILD.plz
        └── baz.go

For example, given the package layout above, the config defined in foo would apply to package foo as well as packages bar and baz. In addition, a config file defined in bar inherits settings from the config in foo. This enables the config in bar to either override or extend the inherited config. If the config in bar sets default_visibility then it overrides the previous default_visibility whereas each known_dependency key value defined either overrides or adds to the inherited known_dependency mapping. This inheritance continues up the directory chain and stops at the please root directory which is identified by the existence of a .plzconfig file.

The wollemi gofmt --create, --manage and --mapped flags, when explicitly set will override any configuration found on disk.

When set all rules created by wollemi gofmt will be created using this visibility. This does not effect the visibility of any existing rules.

Whenever wollemi gofmt encounters a dependency it's unable to resolve it logs a warning and skips rewriting the rules which required the dependency. When this flag is set it unresolved depencies are ignored.

Whenever wollemi gofmt creates a new rule it uses glob patterns to define a rules srcs. When this flag is set all new rules, as well as all existing rules, will explicitly list every src file instead of using glob patterns.

Whenever wollemi gofmt encounters a dependency it cannot resolve it checks to see if a known_dependency was manually defined. If a manually defined mapping can be found it recovers using the target defined.

Allows wollemi gofmt to create new rules and or managing the src files and dependencies of existing rules. This is enabled by default but could be disabled on a per package basis.

Whitelist of rule kinds allowed to be created by wollemi gofmt. By default this is ["go_binary", "go_library", "go_test"]. This can be completely disabled by setting it to [] or "off". Alternatively this can be re-enabled in a child package by setting it to "on", "default" or some other subset of the default.

Whitelist of rule kinds allowed to be managed by wollemi gofmt. Manage in this context means updating an existing rules srcs and/or dependencies according to the golang source files. By default this is set to ["go_binary", "go_library", "go_test"]. This can be completely disabled by setting it to [] or "off". Alternatively this can be re-enabled in a child package by setting it to "on", "default", some other list. The keyword "default" within a list will expand to the original default managed rules. Therefore the list ["default", "my_custom_rule"] is shorthand for ["go_binary", "go_library", "go_test", "my_custom_rule"].

This setting maps standard go rules such as go_binary, go_library and go_test to custom go rules. For example, you might define a mapping from go_test to go_custom_test. Defining a mapping like this has two effects. First, whenever wollemi gofmt determines a package contains go test files but lacks a test rule it will create one using go_custom_test instead of go_test. Second, wollemi gofmt will manage existing go_custom_test rules as if they were go_test rules instead.