Forklift

Allows file embedding into a Go binary.

Overview

Forklift is a library and an utility inspired by gotic.

The lib forklift/files provides an API to access files.

The utility forklift generates Go code from files and embbed them into the binary for caching.

Install

To install Forklift:

go get -u github.com/solher/forklift

Basic Usage

A file.sql file located (for example) in the same directory as the main.go file:

SELECT * FROM documents

The main.go file:

package main

import "github.com/solher/forklift/files"

func main() {
  println(files.File("file.sql"))
}

// Prints: SELECT * FROM documents

By default (development), the file will actually be read from the disk. In production, you can embbed the files into the binary by running the command:

$ forklift -extensions sql,gql > forklift.go

The files will then be read from memory.