GO-BINDATA.SHULHAN(1)

💖 GO-BINDATA.SHULHAN — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is actually iconic. so this page? it's from GO-BINDATA.SHULHAN(1), aka the User Commands corner of the manual universe, and it's about a lil utility that takes your files and turns them into Go code. like, yes, it really does that. no cap. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

go-bindata.shulhan — a small utility which generates Go code from any file. literally any file. she's versatile like that. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

go-bindata [options] <input directories>

so you pass her your [options] and then one or more <input directories>, and she does the thing. that's the whole vibe check. ✨

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

here's the full rundown of every flag she takes, bestie. no skipping, no summarising, we're doing all of them, because you deserve the whole menu. 🍓

• -assetprefix string — sets the prefix for the name of the asset function. if you want those functions exported, start it with a capital letter, mkay? (default "bindata") 🌈
• -debug — do not embed the assets, just hand over the embedding API instead. the contents still get loaded from disk, so she's not fully off the hook. 💀
• -dev — basically debug's cousin, except she does not emit absolute paths. heads up though: she expects a rootDir variable to already exist in the generated code's package. 🙈
• -ignore value — regex pattern to ignore. bye bestie, not you. ✋
• -include value — regex pattern to include. hiii bestie, yes you. 🫶
• -md5checksum — MD5 checksums will be calculated for assets. numbers, but make it cryptographic. 🔥
• -mode uint — optional file mode override, and it applies to all the files. all of them. every single one. ⭐
• -modtime int — optional modification unix timestamp override, also for all files. so if you want them all to share a birthday, here's your moment. 🎂
• -nocompress — assets will *not* be GZIP compressed when this flag is specified. note the dramatic asterisks, she's serious. 💜
• -nomemcopy — uses a .rodata hack to get rid of unnecessary memcopies. but — go read the documentation to see what implications this carries, because there are implications. 👀
• -nometadata — assets will not preserve size, mode, and modtime info. she's letting go of the past. 🦋
• -o string — optional name of the output file to be generated. (default "bindata.go") 🎀
• -pkg string — the package name to use in the generated code. (default "main") 📦
• -prefix string — optional path prefix to strip off asset names. snip snip. ✂️
• -split — split the output into several files, so you don't end up with one giant output file giving you main character energy in the worst way. 🌸
• -tags string — optional set of build tags to include. tag her in. 🏷️
• -verbose — prints the name of the file as they are being processed, so you can watch her work in real time. we love a transparent queen. 👑
• -version — displays version information. the receipts. 🧾

bestie reminder: keep your flags exactly as written, because she is not flexible about spelling. not even a little. 💅

and that's the whole page, gorgeous. this was go-bindata.shulhan 3.6.1, dated August 2025 — go forth, generate your Go code, and slay. periodt. 💖✨