Build does not contain a main function

This usually happens if you’re trying to build a library or if you didn’t setup the builds.main section in your .goreleaser.yaml and your main.go is not in the root directory.

Here’s an example error:

   ⨯ build failed after 0.11s error=build for foo does not contain a main function

Learn more at https://goreleaser.com/errors/no-main

If you are building a library

Add something like this to your config:

builds:
  - skip: true

If your main.go is not in the root directory

Add something like this to your config:

builds:
  - main: ./path/to/your/main/pkg/

For more info, check the builds documentation.

If you ran goreleaser outside the root of the project

Run goreleaser in the root of the project.

If you are building in plugin, c-shared or c-archive build modes

You can set no_main_check to true:

builds:
  - main: ./path/...
    buildmode: plugin
    no_main_check: true

For more info, check the builds documentation.