What happens when I install `go-ipfs`?

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What happens when I install `go-ipfs`?

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Also, the load of the package file a the start of InstallCommand needs to be clarified

gx/main.go

Lines 342 to 360 in a904dc7

	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
	pkg, err := LoadPackageFile(PkgFileName)
	if err != nil {
	return err
	}
	save := c.Bool("save")
	global := c.BoolT("global")
	if c.Bool("local") {
	global = false
	}
	pm.SetGlobal(global)
	pm.ProgMeter = progmeter.NewProgMeter(c.Bool("nofancy"))
	if len(c.Args()) == 0 {
	cwd, err := os.Getwd()

This undocumented exported function in turn calls another (also undocumented) function with the same name and a confusing gx prefix that is actually an abbreviation of the gxutil package,

gx/main.go

Lines 31 to 51 in a904dc7

	func LoadPackageFile(path string) (*gx.Package, error) {
	if path == PkgFileName {
	root, err := gx.GetPackageRoot()
	if err != nil {
	return nil, err
	}
	path = filepath.Join(root, PkgFileName)
	}
	var pkg gx.Package
	err := gx.LoadPackageFile(&pkg, path)
	if err != nil {
	return nil, err
	}
	if pkg.GxVersion == "" {
	pkg.GxVersion = gx.GxVersion
	}
	if pkg.SubtoolRequired {

gx.LoadPackageFile, despite its name, actually loads the Package (through the location of the package.json file).