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+---
+tags:
+  - nix
+---
+In [[A nice way to test flake output]] we see a failing build due to `go build` requiring an intermediate caching step.
+
+I learnt [from this article](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/go-package-compilation/29165/2) that there are some helper functions in Nixpkgs to build go packages that we should use.
+
+The [Go](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/licenses.nix) section of the Nixpkgs manual describes this proces in detail.
+
+Useful example:
+```nix
+{
+  pet = buildGoModule rec {
+    pname = "pet";
+    version = "0.3.4";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "knqyf263";
+      repo = "pet";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      hash = "sha256-Gjw1dRrgM8D3G7v6WIM2+50r4HmTXvx0Xxme2fH9TlQ=";
+    };
+
+    vendorHash = "sha256-ciBIR+a1oaYH+H1PcC8cD8ncfJczk1IiJ8iYNM+R6aA=";
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Simple command-line snippet manager, written in Go";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/knqyf263/pet";
+      license = lib.licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
+    };
+  };
+}
+```