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

You can setup your git credentials and Go will use them:

1. generate a unique password on your github (somewhere in settings).
2. git config credential.helper store
3. echo https://your-github-username:your-generated-password@github.com >> ~/.git-credentials
4. profit.