Package structure

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Normally my projects are fairly small, usually less than 5 packages, so it is really not a problem for me. I just dump them in a folder named pkg. I usually use this structure:

cmd
pkg
 - pkg1
 - pkg2
 - ...

My question is if there is a purpose in Go for creating subfolders in the pkg folder, other that just grouping things together, that are related somehow?

Example:

cmd
pkg
 - folder1
   - pkg1
   - pkg2
 - folder2
   - pkg3
   - pkg4
   - pkg5

And what happens if for example folder1 is not empty (ie contains a *.go file), would that create a “special” relationship between the package folder1 and pkg1 and pkg2 in any way?

cmd
pkg
 - folder1
   - main.go
   - pkg1
     - main.go
   - pkg2
     - main.go
  - ...

Or would they have no special relation at all (other than, that you decided yourself to group them together)?

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I do it this way.

- src
   - project 1
      - main 
         - package main
         - package main 
      - other
         - package other
         - package other
         - package other
   - project 2
      - main 
         - package main
         - package main 
      - other
         - package other
         - package other
         - package other

I break up packages to be easier to maintain. But it is the name of the folder and the package name that matters. Not the file name itself.

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