How to use Go with a private GitLab repo

Question

GitLab is a free, open-source way to host private .git repositories but it does not seem to work with Go. When you create a project it generates a URL of the fo

Answer 1

The way I usually do it is:

Ensure you are using SSH.

once that's done you can configure your git to use ssh instead https

If you are using Mac OX. you can run vim ~/.gitconfig and add

[url "git@gitlab.com:"]
insteadOf = https://gitlab.com/

once configured you can run

GOPRIVATE="gitlab.com/your_username_or_group" go get gitlab.com/name_or_group/repo_name

I hope that helps.