Mage

Mage is a make-like build tool using Go. You write plain-old go functions, and Mage automatically uses them as Makefile-like runnable targets.

When to Use

• Creating build scripts for Go projects.
• Automating tasks (install, build, clean, release).
• Managing dependencies between tasks.

Core Concepts

1. Magefiles

• Any Go file with //go:build mage (or +build mage for older Go).
• Usually named magefile.go or placed in magefiles/ directory.
• package main.

2. Targets