Glide attempts to automate some of that. For example, Glide knows what your GOPATH for a project should be and using `glide in` your GOPATH is set. No needing to remember it. Using `glide install` will read the dependencies listed in the yaml file and install them while setting them to the specified version in the same place your GOPATH should be for the project.

It simplified GOPATH handling in addition to working with dependencies.