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authorJaana Burcu Dogan <jbd@google.com>2017-01-05 12:28:06 -0800
committerJaana Burcu Dogan <jbd@google.com>2017-01-06 19:34:22 +0000
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doc: explain how to set GOPATH to a custom value
Updates #18294. Change-Id: Ib6b84243a15ed921cc8960e5fa355fd7594181e6 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/34821 Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
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@@ -160,9 +160,13 @@ $ <b>export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)</b>
</pre>
<p>
-To learn more about setting up the <code>GOPATH</code> environment variable,
-please see
-<a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-GOPATH_environment_variable"><code>'go help gopath'</code></a>
+To learn more about the <code>GOPATH</code> environment variable, see
+<a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-GOPATH_environment_variable"><code>'go help gopath'</code></a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+To use a custom workspace location,
+<a href="https://golang.org/wiki/EnvVariables#gopath">set the <code>GOPATH</code> environment variable</a>.
</p>
<h3 id="ImportPaths">Import paths</h3>