How to do “go get” on a specific tag of a github repository

Question

I am trying to compile the InfluxDB database (version v0.8.8) using go get github.com/influxdb/influxdb

But this pulls the master branch, and I need the

Answer 1

go mod is available now.

For those who need to build a binary of a specific tag, here is my way:

mkdir temp
cd temp
go mod init .
go get -d -v github.com/nsqio/nsq@v1.1.0
mkdir bin
go build -o bin/nsqd.exe github.com/nsqio/nsq/apps/nsqd

Explanation:

• The above code pulls NSQ v1.1.0 and build nsqd.
• go mod init . creates a go.mod file in the current directory, which enables using go get with revision/tags. (see this link)
• -d means "download only", if you want a direct installation, omit this flag and the build commands below this line.
• -v means "be verbose".
• The above code is for Windows. If you use Linux, replace bin/nsqd.exe with bin/nsqd.

The module downloaded is stored in %GOPATH%\pkg\mod. If you don't want to pollute your GOPATH directory, make a new one and set your GOPATH to it.