Using migrate with Go 1.24 "go tool" command

[alexedwards]

I'm trying to use migrate in conjuction with the new go tool command (https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.24#go-command), but not having much luck. I wondered if anyone knows knows a workaround or the right commands to run?

I've tried:

$ go get -tool  github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/cmd/migrate@latest
$ go tool migrate -path ./migrations -database postgres://user:pa55word@localhost/db_name up

But this fails with the following error.

error: failed to open database: database driver: unknown driver postgres (forgotten import?)

I tried specifying the build tag postgres during the go get, but get the same error.

$ go get -tool -tags 'postgres'  github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/cmd/migrate@latest
$ go tool migrate -path ./migrations -database postgres://user:pa55word@localhost/db_name up
error: failed to open database: database driver: unknown driver postgres (forgotten import?)

In contrast, go run with the build tag postgres works as expected:

$ go run -tags 'postgres' github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/cmd/migrate@latest -path ./migrations -database postgres://user:pa55word@localhost/db_name
up
no change