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+---
+parameters:
+  # - name: GO_VERSION # set dynamically in the task
+  #   type: string
+  #   default: 1.x
+  - name: GOPATH
+    type: string
+    default: $(Agent.HomeDirectory)/go
+  - name: workingDirectory
+    type: string
+    default: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
+steps:
+  - bash: |
+      # Search for the aqua.yaml file
+      if [[ -f "aqua.yaml" ]]; then
+          file="aqua.yaml"
+      elif [[ -f "aqua/aqua.yaml" ]]; then
+          file="aqua/aqua.yaml"
+      elif [[ -f ".aqua/aqua.yaml" ]]; then
+          file=".aqua/aqua.yaml"
+      else
+          echo "Error: aqua.yaml file not found."
+          echo "##vso[task.logissue type=warning]unable to find aqua config, behavior with tools might unpredictable"
+      fi
+      echo "found aqua.yaml at: $file"
+      GO_VERSION=$(grep -oP 'golang/go@go\\K[\\d\\.]+' "${file}")
+      echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=GO_VERSION;isreadonly=true;isoutput=true;]${GO_VERSION}"
+      echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=GO_VERSION;isreadonly=true;]${GO_VERSION}"
+      echo "👉 use go version: ${GO_VERSION}"
+    displayName: set-go-version
+    name: getgoversion
+    workingDirectory: ${{ parameters.workingDirectory }}
+    # condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Agent.OS'], 'Windows_NT')) # won't work on windows
+
+  - task: GoTool@0
+    displayName: install-go
+    # condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Agent.OS'], 'Windows_NT'))
+    inputs:
+      version: $(getgoversion.GO_VERSION)
+      goPath: $(GOPATH)