From b80d67586488cc379781cd8a13ac267e4d966e35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Filippou <p3160253@aueb.gr>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 16:50:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Added specific installation instructions for Mac (#2011)

Made it more clear for Mac users using Go version 1.8 and greater.
---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 529746a1..b488f159 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ $ go get github.com/kardianos/govendor
 $ mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/myusername/project && cd "$_"
 ```
 
+If you are on a Mac and you're installing Go 1.8 (released: Feb 2017) or later, GOPATH is automatically determined by the Go toolchain for you. It defaults to $HOME/go on macOS so you can create your project like this
+
+```sh
+$ mkdir -p $HOME/go/src/github.com/myusername/project && cd "$_"
+```
+
 3. Vendor init your project and add gin
 
 ```sh