Development setup¶

This guide covers setting up your development environment for building and developing the DataRobot CLI.

Prerequisites¶

• Go 1.25.3+—Download
• Git—version control
• Task—task runner (install)

Installation¶

Installing Task¶

Task is required for running development tasks.

macOS¶

brew install go-task/tap/go-task

Linux¶

sh -c "$(curl --location https://taskfile.dev/install.sh)" -- -d -b /usr/local/bin

Windows¶

choco install go-task

Setting up the development environment¶

Clone the repository¶

git clone https://github.com/datarobot-oss/cli.git
cd cli

Install development tools¶

task dev-init

This will install all necessary development tools including linters and code formatters.

Build the CLI¶

task build

The binary will be available at ./dist/dr.

Verify the build¶

./dist/dr version

Available development tasks¶

View all available tasks:

task --list

Common tasks¶

Building¶

Always use task build for building the CLI. This ensures:

• Version information from git is included
• Git commit hash is embedded
• Build timestamp is recorded
• Proper ldflags configuration is applied

# Standard build (recommended)
task build

# Run without building (for quick testing)
task run -- templates list

Running tests¶

# Run all tests
task test

# Run tests with coverage
task test-coverage

# Run specific test
go test ./cmd/auth/...

Linting and formatting¶

# Run all linters (includes formatting)
task lint

# Format code only
task fmt

The project uses:

• golangci-lint for comprehensive linting
• go fmt for basic formatting
• go vet for suspicious constructs
• goreleaser check for release configuration validation

Next steps¶

• Project structure—understand the codebase organization
• Building guide—detailed build information and architecture
• Release process—creating releases and publishing