Enable hot-template-reloading in development

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # make -j4 release
 
 VERSION=$(shell git describe)
-LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=${VERSION}" -a -installsuffix cgo
+LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.hotCodeReloading=false" -a -installsuffix cgo
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ build:
 
 .PHONY: quick
 quick:
-	go-bindata static/... templates/...
-	go build
+	go-bindata -debug static/... templates/...
+	go build -ldflags "-X main.hotCodeReloading=true"
 
 .PHONY: linuxarm
 linuxarm:

handlers.go

@@ -37,16 +37,28 @@ func serve(
 	secret string,
 	secretCode string,
 	allowInsecure bool,
+	hotTemplateReloading bool,
 ) {
-
+	if hotTemplateReloading {
+		gin.SetMode(gin.DebugMode)
+	} else {
 		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
+	}
+
 	router := gin.Default()
+
+	if hotTemplateReloading {
+		router.LoadHTMLGlob("templates/*.tmpl")
+	} else {
+		router.HTMLRender = loadTemplates("index.tmpl")
+	}
+
 	store := sessions.NewCookieStore([]byte(secret))
 	router.Use(sessions.Sessions("mysession", store))
 	if secretCode != "" {
 		router.Use(secretRequired.RequiresSecretAccessCode(secretCode, "/login/"))
 	}
-	router.HTMLRender = loadTemplates("index.tmpl")
+
 	// router.Use(static.Serve("/static/", static.LocalFile("./static", true)))
 	router.GET("/", func(c *gin.Context) {
 		if defaultPage != "" {

main.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var version string
+var hotTemplateReloading bool
 var pathToData string
 
 func main() {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ func main() {
 			c.GlobalString("cookie-secret"),
 			c.GlobalString("access-code"),
 			c.GlobalBool("allow-insecure-markup"),
+			hotTemplateReloading,
 		)
 		return nil
 	}