# Example Prints the version or a nice message # Build Typically the developer would perform these steps and then commit the results (`go.mod`, `go.sum`, `vendor`). However, since this is an example within the project directory, that seemed a little redundant. ```bash go mod tidy go mod vendor ``` These are the instructions that someone cloning the repo might use. ```bash go generate -mod=vendor ./... go build -mod=vendor -o hello *.go ``` Note: If the source is distributed in a non-git tarball then `generated-version.go` will not be output, and whatever version info is in `package main` will remain as-is. If you would prefer the build process to fail (i.e. in a CI/CD pipeline), you can set the environment variable `GITVER_FAIL=true`.