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+(:name go-errcheck-el
+       :description "Provides an easy way to invoke errcheck from within Emacs"
+       :type github
+       :depends go-errcheck
+       :pkgname "dominikh/go-errcheck.el")
diff --git a/recipes/go-errcheck.rcp b/recipes/go-errcheck.rcp
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+(:name go-errcheck
+       :description "Program for checking for unchecked errors in go code"
+       :type go
+       :pkgname "github.com/kisielk/errcheck"
+       :post-init (el-get-envpath-prepend "PATH" (concat default-directory "bin")))