Build project with git2go

[maxmeyer]

What version of Go (go version) and dep (git describe --tags) are you using?

$ go version
go version go1.8.3 linux/amd64

cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/golang/dep
v0.1.0-191-g4bfa359

What dep command did you run?

git clone https://github.com/fedux-org/letter-generator-go
dep ensure
make 
# or build by hand with 
go build -o dist/lg github.com/fedux-org/letter-generator-go/cmd/lg

What did you expect to see?

Project is built.

What did you see instead?

Failed to open '/home/user/.local/share/go-packages/src/github.com/fedux-org/letter-generator-go/vendor/github.com/libgit2/git2go/vendor/libgit2/build/libgit2.pc': No such file or directory
No package '/home/user/.local/share/go-packages/src/github.com/fedux-org/letter-generator-go/vendor/github.com/libgit2/git2go/vendor/libgit2/build/libgit2.pc' found
pkg-config: exit status 1
make: *** [Makefile:2: build] Error 2
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[sdboyer]

hi! thanks for the issue report.

git2go requires that libgit2 be installed and available on your system, such that (in your case) pkg-config can locate it. this is noted in the git2go README. while it's possible that we may eventually be able to introduce mechanisms for automating the retrieval of external, non-Go libraries - #269 - it's not high on our current priority list.