Why does the hugo formulae not install go ?

[asmaier]

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Description of issue

I see that the hugo formula depends on go, see https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/7ce587a39e9968d73feaa59b779fbe6b0da99003/Formula/h/hugo.rb#L20 . However after

brew install hugo

the formula for go does not get installed. So the command go is not available and hugo server can throw an error like

Error: command error: failed to load modules: failed to download modules: binary with name "go" not found

That is why installation guides for hugolike https://docs.hugoblox.com/getting-started/install-hugo/ need to install the golang dependency manually. But why is this necessary? Why doesn't go get installed automatically, if it is a dependency? Is that a bug?

[SMillerDev]

It only needs Go to compile the binary as far as the formula defines it, so for normal usage it won't install Go. The test also passes without issues so clearly some parts work without Go.

I'd happily review a pull request that extends the test to indicate a Go dependency though.