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Best practices for working with Go codebases. Use when writing, debugging, or exploring Go code, including reading dependency sources and documentation.
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# Go Programming Language
Guidelines for working effectively with Go projects.
## Reading Dependency Source Files
To see source files from a dependency, or to answer questions about a dependency:
```bash
go mod download -json MODULE
```
Use the returned Dir path to read the source files.
## Reading Documentation
Use go doc to read documentation for packages, types, functions, etc:
```bash
go doc foo.Bar # Documentation for a specific symbol
go doc -all foo # All documentation for a package
```
## Running Programs
Use go run instead of go build to avoid leaving behind build artifacts:
```bash
go run . # Run the current package
go run ./cmd/foo # Run a specific command
```
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