Specify Go build flag "-H=windowsgui" in code comment

Question

I am creating a desktop Windows application in Go. Currently I use this line to install it:

go install -ldflags -H=windowsgui

I want users to be able to just say

go get github.com/my/app

and automatically have the windowsgui flag specified for building. Is it possible to add the flag as a code comment, like #cgo comments. Or would I have to provide a make file in the project directory like in the old days of Go? Or is it not possible at all?

Answer 1

Bad news, you can't.

Semi-good news, you can tell your users to use go get -ldflags "-H windowsgui" github.com/my/app on Windows.