2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

M README.md
M gover

@@ 1,9 1,10 @@
 # gover
 
 A simple shell script for installing and switching between go versions
-on Linux. Minor tweaks required for macOS and *BSD support.
+on Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS.
 
-Currently only supports x86_64.
+Currently only supports x86_64, but contributions to improve this are
+welcome.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 


@@ 20,7 21,7 @@ Download the script and put it into any `bin` directory that is in your `$PATH`.
 If you're using the default installation prefix, `~/.local/bin` will do.
 
 ```
-curl -o ~/.local/bin/gover https://git.sr.ht/~whereswaldon/gover/blob/main/gover
+curl --tlsv1.2 -o ~/.local/bin/gover https://git.sr.ht/~whereswaldon/gover/blob/main/gover
 chmod +x ~/.local/bin/gover
 ```
 

@@ 3,9 3,15 @@
 
 set -eu
 
+current_os() {
+    uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
+}
+
 MINOR=${1:-14}
 PATCH=${2:-6}
 PREFIX=${PREFIX:-$HOME/.local}
+GOOS=$(current_os)
+GOARCH=amd64 # TODO: find a portable way to determine this without go installed
 
 # version_dir emits the directory into which a particular go
 # version should be installed


@@ 28,8 34,12 @@ install_version() {
     PATCH=$2
     LIB_DIR=$(version_dir "$MINOR" "$PATCH")
     mkdir -p "$LIB_DIR"
-    curl -L "https://golang.org/dl/go1.$MINOR.$PATCH.linux-amd64.tar.gz"\
-        | tar --strip-components=1 -xzC "$LIB_DIR"
+    if ! curl -L "https://golang.org/dl/go1.$MINOR.$PATCH.$GOOS-$GOARCH.tar.gz"\
+        | tar --strip-components=1 -xzC "$LIB_DIR"; then
+            echo "Couldn't download Go 1.$MINOR.$PATCH. Are you sure it exists?"
+            rm -rf "$LIB_DIR"
+            return 1
+    fi
 }
 
 # activate_version symlinks a particular version of go to be the active