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go get can't get a module from a private repo on github

I have a (private) github repo with a Go module. I've added the tag v0.1 and github shows that tag. I have set go env -w GOPRIVATE=github.com/dwschulze/key-value-mod and my ~/.gitconfig has [url "git@github.com:"] insteadOf = https://github.com/

But go get can't retrieve my module:

$ go get github.com/dwschulze/key-value-mod
go: github.com/dwschulze/key-value-mod upgrade => v0.0.0-20210907155619-9116b97467d6
go get: github.com/dwschulze/key-value-mod@v0.0.0-20210907155619-9116b97467d6: parsing go.mod:
        module declares its path as: key-value-mod
                but was required as: github.com/dwschulze/key-value-mod

$ go get github.com/dwschulze/key-value-mod@v0.1
go get github.com/dwschulze/key-value-mod@v0.1: no matching versions for query "v0.1"

What problem is go get having?

Solution

  • Two things were causing this. I had to clear my module cache. The second is as Simon mentions above the module name has to be the repo URL where the module will be published.

    I don't like the close coupling that go modules have with source code repositories, but that is reality.