It puts a bit more work on you, since you have to track the dependencies, but it'll pay off the first time somebody decides to check in a radical API overhaul;

It puts a bit more work on you, since you have to track the dependencies, but it'll pay off the first time somebody decides to check in a radical API overhaul; you'll be able to update your code on your own schedule, not in a panicked rush because bug reports are flooding in. It also makes things easier if you decide to modify the libraries, or if the author abandons his code and someone else becomes the "canonical" source. Your code will just import "fsnotify", and you can put whatever source you prefer in $GOPATH/src/fsnotify/