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authorRuss Cox <rsc@golang.org>2012-03-01 18:26:53 -0500
committerRuss Cox <rsc@golang.org>2012-03-01 18:26:53 -0500
commite25d8e2a27e171f7fdad9228a79acbe271efdcba (patch)
treed63ecae7bca969694ab48878f62dbed168e54f34 /src/cmd/go/help.go
parentb7f94bae2dea6dd1ac5ee48b1d17c21221644967 (diff)
downloadgo-e25d8e2a27e171f7fdad9228a79acbe271efdcba.tar.gz
go/build: document GOPATH
Fixes issue 2332. R=golang-dev, remyoudompheng, gri, r, r CC=golang-dev http://codereview.appspot.com/5710055
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diff --git a/src/cmd/go/help.go b/src/cmd/go/help.go
index 459ba610c..60654a272 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/help.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/help.go
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ var helpGopath = &Command{
UsageLine: "gopath",
Short: "GOPATH environment variable",
Long: `
+The Go path is used to resolve import statements.
+It is implemented by and documented in the go/build package.
+
The GOPATH environment variable lists places to look for Go code.
On Unix, the value is a colon-separated string.
On Windows, the value is a semicolon-separated string.