Go Protobuf & gRPC › 03. Code Generation › Example

Makefile Codegen

Automate protobuf code generation with a Makefile target.

.PHONY: proto
proto:
	protoc \
		--go_out=pb --go_opt=paths=source_relative \
		--go-grpc_out=pb --go-grpc_opt=paths=source_relative \
		proto/*.proto

.PHONY: deps
deps:
	go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@latest
	go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@latest

make deps   # install plugins once
make proto  # regenerate after any .proto change

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