VS tell me my $GOPATH is wrong

[Wang-Kai]

The vs code show that :

But my $GOPATH is :
➜ ~ echo $GOPATH
/Users/Elegant/go

[ramya-rao-a]

Run the command Go: Current GOPATH in VS Code. What does that give?
Check your User and Workspace settings. Maybe you have set GOPATH there to a different value.

[ghost]

I have the same problem. Go: Current GOPATH outputs "undefined". My GOPATH and GOROOT are set in .bashrc, I'm using Linux.

It only works if I manually add "go.gopath" into the settings.json which is far from ideal.

[ramya-rao-a]

@skmlcd Can you try opening VS Code from the command line? code .

[ghost]

Opening from command line works without the problem (GOPATH is correct).

[ghost]

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Visual Studio Code
Comment=Visual Studio Code
GenericName=Text Editor
Exec=code-oss %U
Icon=code-oss
Type=Application
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=visual-studio-code
Categories=Development;TextEditor;
MimeType=text/plain;

This is the desktop file (shortcut) for launching vscode. code-oss is the same as code, this is only distribution package name. VS Code version is 1.8.1.

Tell me if there is anything else I can provide to help with any potential bug. :)

[ramya-rao-a]

@skmlcd In that case, this is as expected.
When opening from command line, the process running the Go extension inherits all the env variables from the shell, and so it can use the GOPATH you have set in .bashrc
When you open from the shortcut, it doesnt have access the env variables from the shell.

@Tyriar Can you confirm the above statement, in case my understanding is wrong?

[Tyriar]

Yes this is likely a case of confusion with .bashrc. You probably want to put the environment variable stuff in your ~/.profile file as you want them to apply globally, not just to bash. Check out http://serverfault.com/a/261807 for more info.

[ghost]

@Tyriar Thanks, putting it in .profile that solved the problem.