doc: add link to the setting GOPATH guide

Change-Id: I4718c82540ef214728393824b89c8c7f6656823b
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/36210
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
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Jaana Burcu Dogan 2017-02-02 11:48:22 -08:00
parent cf710949a9
commit 29be580395

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@ -124,8 +124,12 @@ workspace. It defaults to a directory named <code>go</code> inside your home dir
so <code>$HOME/go</code> on Unix,
<code>$home/go</code> on Plan 9,
and <code>%USERPROFILE%\go</code> (usually <code>C:\Users\YourName\go</code>) on Windows.
If you would like to work in a different location, you will need to set
<code>GOPATH</code> to the path to that directory.
</p>
<p>
If you would like to work in a different location, you will need to
<a href="https://golang.org/wiki/SettingGOPATH">set <code>GOPATH</code></a>
to the path to that directory.
(Another common setup is to set <code>GOPATH=$HOME</code>.)
Note that <code>GOPATH</code> must <b>not</b> be the
same path as your Go installation.