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This is a generator plugin for the Google Protocol Buffers compiler (`protoc`).
This project is a generator plugin for the Google Protocol Buffers compiler (`protoc`).
The plugin parses **protobuf** files, generates an **ast**, and walks a local **templates directory** to generate files using the [Golang's `text/template` engine](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/).
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`protoc-gen-gotemplate` requires a **template_dir** directory *(by default `./templates`)*.
Every files ending with `.tmpl` will be processed and written in the destination folder, following the file hierarchy of the `template_dir`, and removing the `.tmpl` extension.
Every file ending with `.tmpl` will be processed and written to the destination folder, following the file hierarchy of the `template_dir`, and remove the `.tmpl` extension.
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##### Hints
Shipping the templates with your project is very smart and useful when contributing on git-based projects.
Another workflow consists in having a dedicated repository for generic templates which is then versioned and vendored with multiple projects (npm package, golang vendor package, ...)
See [examples](./examples).
## Funcmap
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See the project helpers for the complete list.
## Hacks
## Install
* Install the **Go** compiler and tools from https://golang.org/doc/install