authoring-mage-targets

Guides creating and maintaining Mage build scripts for Go repositories, where exported functions in files carrying the mage build tag become command-line targets. Covers the four valid target signatures and doc comments, dependency ordering through the mg package, running and capturing external commands with the sh helpers, timestamp-based up-to-date checks with the target package, namespaced target groups, a pinned tools sub-module using Go 1.24 tool directives, and confirmation gates around credential logins, file-rewriting lint fixes and publishing. Use when the user wants to write, extend, explain or debug a magefile or Go task automation such as build, test, lint, generate or clean targets. Not for Makefiles, Taskfiles, plain shell scripts, or CI provider configuration unrelated to Mage.

Version

v1.0.0

Size

18 KB

Updated

2026-10-10

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