# Install golines with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix Golang formatter that fixes long lines. Version 0.13.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:golines ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install golines ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install golines ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/golines/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#golines ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/golines/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:golines - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.13.0 - **Source summary:** Golang formatter that fixes long lines - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - golines (cli) - golines (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.13.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/segmentio/golines - Upstream latest detected: v0.13.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage golines is a Go formatter that keeps gofmt-style formatting while shortening long lines. The maintainer documentation frames it as a companion to gofmt and goimports, which deliberately do not solve line wrapping for developers. ### Project history Segment created golines to automate a style preference common in large Go codebases: reducing very long lines without abandoning gofmt. The README links the motivation to Go issue 11915 and notes that line-shortening remains developer-managed in the standard formatter. The tool evolved with options for maximum line length, tab width, dry-run diffs, comment shortening, base formatter selection, generated-file handling, method-chain splitting, and struct-tag formatting. Since v0.10.0 it required Go 1.18 because of generics-related dependencies; v0.13.0 raised the minimum to Go 1.23. The README records a maintenance turn: by late 2024 the project was in maintenance mode, and on 2025-12-19 the Segment repository was archived. The same notice points to a golangci-maintained fork that incorporated patches and fixes. ### Adoption history golines gained a niche among Go developers who wanted automatic line wrapping in editors or pre-commit hooks while preserving gofmt-compatible output. The README documents vim-go, Visual Studio Code run-on-save, and GoLand file watcher integration. The batch input records Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packages. That packaging profile fits a formatter users expect to install as a standalone command and wire into editor save hooks. ### How it is used Users run `golines [paths]`, pass directories or files, or pipe input through stdin. By default it writes formatted output to stdout; `-w` edits files in place. The base formatter defaults to goimports when available and falls back to gofmt, so golines is usually an additive formatter step rather than a replacement for the Go formatting toolchain. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, golines is interesting because it packages a policy that Go intentionally leaves out of gofmt. It is small, editor-friendly, and controversial in the quiet formatter way: valuable for teams with line-length standards, unnecessary for teams that accept gofmt's non-wrapping behavior. Its archive notice and golangci fork also make it a useful example of formatter lifecycle management: once a developer tool becomes part of save hooks and CI, packagers need to care about maintenance status, Go version requirements, and successor forks. ### Timeline - 2019: `segmentio/golines` repository created for Go line-wrapping formatting. - 2020-2024: Releases add formatter behavior and editor integration patterns around gofmt/goimports. - 2024: README states the project had functionally entered maintenance mode. - 2025: Segment repository archived; README points to a golangci-maintained fork. ### Related projects - gofmt and goimports are the base formatting tools golines builds around. - The Go issue about shortening long lines is part of the stated motivation. - The golangci/golines fork is the maintainer-recommended continuation after the Segment archive notice. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** golines - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - golines: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/golines/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - golines: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/golines/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gci](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gci/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, go. - [treefmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/treefmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-formatting, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. - [bcpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bcpp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. - [gf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go. - [go-bindata](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-bindata/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go. - [go-blueprint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-blueprint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go. - [go-critic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-critic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go. - [golangci-lint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/golangci-lint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go. - [keep-sorted](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/keep-sorted/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, formatter, formatting. - [dockerfmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dockerfmt/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, code, code-formatting, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/golines.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/golines.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph