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Build statically linked binaries (#156)

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Prior to this commit, we released two linux binaries:

* `dbmate-linux-amd64` (built with cgo, dynamically linked)
* `dbmate-linux-musl-amd64` (built without cgo, statically linked, no sqlite support)

The statically linked binary is desirable for alpine linux users (or anyone else using musl libc or minimal docker images). The original reason for having two separate binaries was that the easiest method to create a static binary for go is to set `CGO_ENABLED=0`, but unfortunately this also prevented us from building sqlite (which requires cgo).

With this commit, all linux and windows binaries are explicitly statically linked while leaving cgo enabled. Hat tip to https://www.arp242.net/static-go.html which explained the necessary flags to enable this.

As an added bonus, the `dbmate` docker image now now uses a `scratch` base rather than `gcr.io/distroless/base`, reducing the image size from 26.7 MB to 9.8 MB.
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@ -337,12 +337,6 @@ $ dbmate -u "postgres://postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/myapp_test?sslmode=disable" up
The only advantage of using `dbmate -e TEST_DATABASE_URL` over `dbmate -u $TEST_DATABASE_URL` is that the former takes advantage of dbmate's automatic `.env` file loading.
## FAQ
**How do I use dbmate under Alpine linux?**
Alpine linux uses [musl libc](https://www.musl-libc.org/), which is incompatible with how we build SQLite support (using [cgo](https://golang.org/cmd/cgo/)). If you want Alpine linux support, and don't mind sacrificing SQLite support, please use the `dbmate-linux-musl-amd64` build found on the [releases page](https://github.com/amacneil/dbmate/releases).
## Alternatives
Why another database schema migration tool? Dbmate was inspired by many other tools, primarily [Active Record Migrations](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_migrations.html), with the goals of being trivial to configure, and language & framework independent. Here is a comparison between dbmate and other popular migration tools.