This post talks about the general use of glang dep across golang projects.
To Begin with, refer to :https://medium.freecodecamp.org/an-intro-to-dep-how-to-manage-your-golang-project-dependencies-7b07d84e7ba5
How to Install golang dep refer here : https://github.com/golang/dep on macOS High Sierra (version 10.13.3)
esumits-MacBook-Pro:~ esumit$ brew install dep
Updating Homebrew…
==> Installing dependencies for dep: go
==> Installing dep dependency: go
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/go-1.10.2.high_sierra.bottl
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==> Pouring go-1.10.2.high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
A valid GOPATH is required to use the `go get` command.
If $GOPATH is not specified, $HOME/go will be used by default:
https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH
You may wish to add the GOROOT-based install location to your PATH:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/opt/go/libexec/bin
==> Summary
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.10.2: 8,161 files, 336.7MB
==> Installing dep
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/dep-0.4.1_1.high_sierra.bot
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==> Pouring dep-0.4.1_1.high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/dep/0.4.1_1: 7 files, 8.8MB
esumits-MacBook-Pro:~ esumit$
Check Dep Version
esumits-MacBook-Pro:~ esumit$ dep version
dep:
version : v0.4.1
build date : 2018-01-27
git hash : 37d9ea0
go version : go1.9.3
go compiler : gc
platform : darwin/amd64
esumits-MacBook-Pro:~ esumit$
esumits-MacBook-Pro:~ esumit$ dep –help
Dep is a tool for managing dependencies for Go projects
Usage: “dep [command]”
Commands:
init Set up a new Go project, or migrate an existing one
status Report the status of the project’s dependencies
ensure Ensure a dependency is safely vendored in the project
prune Pruning is now performed automatically by dep ensure.
version Show the dep version information
Examples:
dep init set up a new project
dep ensure install the project’s dependencies
dep ensure -update update the locked versions of all dependencies
dep ensure -add github.com/pkg/errors add a dependency to the project
Use “dep help [command]” for more information about a command.
esumits-MacBook-Pro:~ esumit$
Sumit Arora 