Boilerplate Makefile for Go projects

Makefile

# Change these variables as necessary.
main_package_path = ./cmd/example
binary_name = example

# ==================================================================================== #
# HELPERS
# ==================================================================================== #

## help: print this help message
.PHONY: help
help:
    @echo 'Usage:'
    @sed -n 's/^##//p' ${MAKEFILE_LIST} | column -t -s ':' |  sed -e 's/^/ /'

.PHONY: confirm
confirm:
    @echo -n 'Are you sure? [y/N] ' && read ans && [ $${ans:-N} = y ]

.PHONY: no-dirty
no-dirty:
    @test -z "$(shell git status --porcelain)"


# ==================================================================================== #
# QUALITY CONTROL
# ==================================================================================== #

## audit: run quality control checks
.PHONY: audit
audit: test
    go mod tidy -diff
    go mod verify
    test -z "$(shell gofmt -l .)" 
    go vet ./...
    go run honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest -checks=all,-ST1000,-U1000 ./...
    go run golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest ./...

## test: run all tests
.PHONY: test
test:
    go test -v -race -buildvcs ./...

## test/cover: run all tests and display coverage
.PHONY: test/cover
test/cover:
    go test -v -race -buildvcs -coverprofile=/tmp/coverage.out ./...
    go tool cover -html=/tmp/coverage.out

## upgradeable: list direct dependencies that have upgrades available
.PHONY: upgradeable
upgradeable:
    @go list -u -f '{{if (and (not (or .Main .Indirect)) .Update)}}{{.Path}}: {{.Version}} -> {{.Update.Version}}{{end}}' -m all


# ==================================================================================== #
# DEVELOPMENT
# ==================================================================================== #

## tidy: tidy modfiles and format .go files
.PHONY: tidy
tidy:
    go mod tidy -v
    go fmt ./...

## build: build the application
.PHONY: build
build:
    # Include additional build steps, like TypeScript, SCSS or Tailwind compilation here...
    go build -o=/tmp/bin/${binary_name} ${main_package_path}

## run: run the  application
.PHONY: run
run: build
    /tmp/bin/${binary_name}

## run/live: run the application with reloading on file changes
.PHONY: run/live
run/live:
    go run github.com/cosmtrek/[email protected] \
        --build.cmd "make build" --build.bin "/tmp/bin/${binary_name}" --build.delay "100" \
        --build.exclude_dir "" \
        --build.include_ext "go, tpl, tmpl, html, css, scss, js, ts, sql, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, bmp, svg, webp, ico" \
        --misc.clean_on_exit "true"


# ==================================================================================== #
# OPERATIONS
# ==================================================================================== #

## push: push changes to the remote Git repository
.PHONY: push
push: confirm audit no-dirty
    git push

## production/deploy: deploy the application to production
.PHONY: production/deploy
production/deploy: confirm audit no-dirty
    GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags='-s' -o=/tmp/bin/linux_amd64/${binary_name} ${main_package_path}
    upx -5 /tmp/bin/linux_amd64/${binary_name}
    # Include additional deployment steps here...

Excellent!

I made a small change on setting binary_name:

binary_name = $(awk '/^module/{print $2}' go.mod)

Extract binary_name from go.mod, module line.

Lots of good ideas here and food for thought. Thanks!