Gosha: Go SHA256 Hash Generator for Packages

Gosha is a versatile Go package and accompanying CLI tool designed to generate SHA256 hashes for Go packages and their dependencies. This becomes invaluable for integrity checks in CI/CD pipelines, automated workflows, or even managing monorepos.

🌟 Key Features

• 📦 Package Hashing: Generate SHA256 hashes for any Go package.
• 🛠️ CLI & Library Support: Both command-line and programmatic interfaces are available.
• ⚙️ Fine-grained Control: Optionally include standard library and test files in the hash generation.
• 🚀 Use-cases:
  • Efficiently manage monorepo builds by rebuilding only when a service source code has changed.
  • Use the generated SHA as a tag for Docker images, ensuring Kubernetes Deployments are updated only when necessary.

📥 Installation

Install the package and CLI tool using go get:

go get -u github.com/draganm/gosha

📘 Usage

CLI Interface

Use the following command syntax:

gosha [OPTIONS] [PACKAGE_PATH]

Options:

• --include-stdlib: Include Go's standard libraries in the hash generation.
  • Environment variable: INCLUDE_STDLIB
• --include-testfiles: Include test files in the hash generation.
  • Environment variable: INCLUDE_TESTFILES

Examples:

To generate a SHA256 hash for the package in the current directory:

gosha

To include standard libraries for a specific package:

gosha --include-stdlib <path to your main package>

Programmatic Interface

To use Gosha programmatically, import the gosha package and call the CalculatePackageSHA() function.

import "github.com/draganm/gosha/gosha"

finalSHA, err := gosha.CalculatePackageSHA("<path to your main package>", false, false)
if err != nil {
    fmt.Println("Error:", err)
    return
}
// Use the finalSHA as needed...

👥 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues for bug reports, feature requests, or even pull requests.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.