counterfeiter mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• counterfeiter

Projektgeschichte

The public repository was created in 2014. Its README frames the project around a Go-specific testing problem: fake implementations are useful for unit tests but cannot be generated automatically at runtime in Go.

The project has continued through a v6 release line, with current documentation using Go modules and Go tool dependencies.

Adoptionsgeschichte

counterfeiter's documented workflow follows Go ecosystem conventions: add it as a tool dependency, place `go:generate` or `counterfeiter:generate` directives near interfaces, and regenerate fakes with `go generate`.

The README notes that the project has largely been maintained by the community, which fits its role as a small but durable testing utility rather than a framework-owned generator.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is to generate fakes for interfaces in the same module or for third-party interfaces, then import the generated `foofakes` package in tests to inspect call counts, arguments, and stubbed return values.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package maintainers, counterfeiter is a good example of a Go CLI whose preferred installation changed with Go tooling: Homebrew can ship a binary, but the upstream docs now prefer module-pinned tool dependencies for reproducible generation.

Zeitleiste

• 2014: Public GitHub repository created.
• 2024: v6.8.x through v6.11.x releases published.
• 2026: v6.12.2 release published.

Related projects

• go generate
• Go modules
• Go tool dependencies

Quellen

• https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter
• https://api.github.com/repos/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter
• https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter/releases