How to compile .go file to specific directory, or to gitignore the binaries?

Right now I'll just run go build __.go, but I'm wondering if it's possible to have that file built in a subdirectory (e.g. a /bin folder). It would just make gitignoring the binary files a lot cleaner, and right now I'm not really sure what else is a good approach as I'm also struggling to create a working gitignore exception rule that isn't just "Ignore all files, except .go files".

My current solution is naming the binary files every time I build them (e.g. go build -o hello.bin hello.go), but this seems laborious.

you can use the -o flag.

1. cd to the directory where you have the main.go file.

2. use this command - go build -o DirectoryPath

Where DirectoryPath is the location where you want to create the binary file to.

Instead of using go build *.go, you can do following:

1. Setup Go workspace, using this official go resource: How to write go code
2. Define GOBIN and GOPATH environment variable.GOBIN environment variable will point to the directory where you want to store your executables.GOPATH environment variable will point to the directory, where you've setup go workspace.

Now, instead of doing go build *.go, you can use go install {YourCodePath}, where {YourCodePath}, is relative path of your code in go workspace. And if the build is successful, you can find your executable in directory, pointed by GOBIN.