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

Easiest way with Gitlab

before_script:
  - git config --global url."https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.com/".insteadOf https://gitlab.com/
  - go env -w GOPRIVATE=gitlab.com/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE}

See more details here: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/new_ci_build_permissions_model.html#dependent-repositories

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

GitLab version 11.8+ and Go version 1.13+ will work with BASIC auth by using your GitLab personal token. Go to Settings -> Access Tokens in your Gitlab, add a personal access token or use your existing one. In your ~/.netrc file, add following lines:

machine <your GitLab domain> (e.g. gitlab.com)
login <your GitLab id>
password <your GitLab personal access token>

Then you should be able to do go get locally.

If you need to build it in CI, then add following line in your .gitlab-ci.yml file:

before_script:
    - echo -e "machine <your GitLab domain>\nlogin gitlab-ci-token\npassword ${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" > ~/.netrc

Answer 5

For the record, this works outside of go using gitlab 7.3.2 and, as JimB has observed, can be used as a workaround. I find that i do get prompted for username/password, even though an SSH key is registered with gitlab:

git clone http://1.2.3.4/private-developers/project.git

Alternatively i can use the SSH equivalent which, since i have an SSH key registered with gitlab, avoids the prompts:

git clone git@1.2.3.4:private-developers/project.git

Neither works with go currently. A fix may be in 7.9 but i haven't had a chance to test it: upcoming bugfix