build: adopt Go 1.24 and use tool directives for dev tools#909
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Before this PR, config parsing would accept duplicate job names. `zrepl daemon` would later fail to start with a panic. But tools like `zrepl configcheck` would pass. This PR adds a check to ensure job names are unique. Similarly, internal job names were not being rejected by config parsing Move that check to parse-time as well.
Migrate from the old tools.go pattern (with a separate build/ module) to Go 1.24's native tool directive support. Changes: - Update go.mod to Go 1.24.0 with tool directive block - Remove build/go.mod, build/tools.go, and related scripts - Update Makefile to use 'go tool' instead of installed binaries - GOCOVMERGE now uses '$(GO) tool gocovmerge' - lint/format targets use '$(GO) tool golangci-lint/goimports' Note: protoc plugins still require 'go install tool' because protoc doesn't yet support 'go tool' directly. Ref: https://go.dev/doc/modules/managing-dependencies#tools
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go install tool is a workaround because protoc doesn't yet support invoking plugins via go tool directly.
Once protocolbuffers/protobuf#23509 is resolved, we can remove this and rely purely on go tool for all tools.
Track this issue and revisit when protobuf adds support.
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Summary
Migrate from the old
tools.gopattern (with a separatebuild/module) to Go 1.24's nativetooldirective support as explained in https://go.dev/doc/modules/managing-dependencies#toolsChanges
go.modto Go 1.24.0 withtooldirective blockbuild/go.mod,build/tools.go, and related scripts (go_install_tools.bash,go_install_host_tool.source)go toolinstead of installed binaries:GOCOVMERGEnow uses\$(GO) tool gocovmergelinttarget uses\$(GO) tool golangci-lintformattarget uses\$(GO) tool goimportsCaveat
protoc plugins (
protoc-gen-go,protoc-gen-go-grpc) still requirego install toolbecause protoc doesn't yet support invoking tools viago tooldirectly. See review comment for tracking issue.