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 # Glide: Vendor Package Management for Go
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+Glide is a package manager for [Go](https://golang.org) that is conceptually similar to package managers for other languages such as Cargo for Rust, NPM for Node.js, Pip for Python, Bundler for Ruby, and so forth.
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+Glide provides the following functionality:
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+* Records dependency information in a `glide.yaml` file. This includes a name, version or version range, version control information for private repos or when the type cannot be detected, and more.
+* Tracks the specific revision each package is locked to in a `glide.lock` file. This enables reproducibly featching the dependency tree.
+* Works with Semantic Versions and Semantic Version ranges.
+* Supports Git, Bzr, HG, and SVN. These are the same version control systems supported by `go get`.
+* Utilizes `vendor/` directories, known as the Vendor Experiment, so that different projects can have differing versions of the same dependencies.
+* Allows for aliasing packages which is useful for working with forks.
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+## Installing Glide
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+There are a few ways to install Glide.
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+1. Download a [versioned release](https://github.com/Masterminds/glide/releases). Glide releases are semantically versioned.
+2. Use a system package manager to install Glide. For example, using `brew install glide` can be used if you're using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh) on Mac.
+3. The latest development snapshot can be installed with `go get`. For example, `go get -u github.com/Masterminds/glide`. This is not a release version.