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[Legacy GOPATH mode] How to `go get` private repos using SSH key auth instead of password auth.

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WARNING: If you're reading this in 2021 or later, you're likely better served by reading:

(This gist was created in 2013 and targeted the legacy GOPATH mode.)

$ ssh -A vm
$ git config --global url."[email protected]:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[url "[email protected]:"]
	insteadOf = https://github.com/
$ go get github.com/private/repo && echo Success!
Success!

Sources:

drichardson commented Aug 1, 2015

I wrote a script called gogetprivate, which first tries go get, and then falls back to git clone. My version on works with bitbucket right now (since that's where my private repos are) but I imagine it could be made to work with github as well.

https://github.com/drichardson/gogetprivate

bobziuchkovski commented Feb 7, 2016

An alternative to using [email protected] is to generate a personal access token on your GitHub account, grant it repo access, and then use the following instead:

git config --global url."https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:[email protected]/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"

That should still work with go get -u, and also works with Docker builds (my particular use case, and how I came across your gist).

pedrocarrico commented Feb 11, 2016

Thanks @bobziuchkovski that seems like a good alternative 👍

michael-px commented Jun 1, 2016

This doesn't currently work on go 1.5.1. none of the config --global options work.

ghost commented Sep 4, 2016

Worked just fine for me on go 1.7. Thank you @bobziuchkovski!

AlexanderPavlenko commented Feb 2, 2017

Credentials may be stored in the ~/.git-credentials file.

git config --global credential.helper store
echo "https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:[email protected]" >> ~/.git-credentials

git:// protocol is less secure

git config --global url."https://github.com".insteadOf git://github.com

akillmer commented Feb 3, 2017 •

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I got a Raspberry Pi that I wanted to go get some private repos with; after trying a few different solutions it was the one suggested by @bobziuchkovski that did the trick -- thank you! (FWIW, using Git 2.11 and Golang 1.7.5 linux/arm)

nikhilmahesh commented Feb 15, 2017

Thanks @bobziuchkovski , Your solution helped !

dcyou commented Mar 22, 2017

Thanks too @bobziuchkovski

likewei92 commented Nov 2, 2017

I think @AlexanderPavlenko's solution is much better. Thanks!

rubencaro commented Dec 3, 2017

Added to https://gist.github.com/rubencaro/5ce32fb30bbfa70e7db6be14cf42a35c

AndrewSav commented Jan 1, 2018

@AlexanderPavlenko

git:// protocol is less secure

Sorry, what? Where did you read that?

elyscape commented Mar 1, 2018

@AndrewSav From Pro Git:

[The Git protocol] listens on a dedicated port (9418) that provides a service similar to the SSH protocol, but with absolutely no authentication.
[...]
The downside of the Git protocol is the lack of authentication. It’s generally undesirable for the Git protocol to be the only access to your project. Generally, you’ll pair it with SSH or HTTPS access for the few developers who have push (write) access and have everyone else use git:// for read-only access.

This is why git+ssh:// and git+https:// exist.

slmingol commented Oct 15, 2018

More on this issue is here on SO - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32232655/go-get-results-in-terminal-prompts-disabled-error-for-github-private-repo.

walijoy commented Nov 7, 2019 •

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I want to use only the ssh protocol
The server supports only ssh and http protocols, not git protocols

#git ls-remote ssh://[email protected]/INA_financial/common_libs.git

2ca7f8d2d53331655bb18cd91906772cb5c4dcc0        HEAD
2ca7f8d2d53331655bb18cd91906772cb5c4dcc0        refs/heads/master
436b69c6abbc6f923232877616dfb7d46eb9d22b        refs/tags/v0.1.0
bc8a543429123241493923ea9ee0214d7294c362        refs/tags/v0.1.0^{}
f1b5d04d313e9e8336a135a1e13cde3b2a5d26ec        refs/tags/v0.2.0
22b4290b0c924378a38ce04bc2b7cad21ba297c3        refs/tags/v0.2.0^{}

cat ~/.gitconfig

[user]
        email = [email protected]
[url "ssh://[email protected]:"]
        insteadOf = https://git.a.com

#env GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=1 go get -v git.a.com/INA_financial/common_libs.git

verifying git.a.com/INA_financial/[email protected]: git.a.com/INA_financial/[email protected]: reading https://sum.golang.org/lookup/git.a.com/!i!n!a_financial/[email protected]: 410 Gone

=========================================================================================

cat ~/.gitconfig

[user]
        email = [email protected]
[url "ssh://[email protected]:"]
        insteadOf = http://git.a.com   //change from https to http

#go get -v -insecure git.a.com/INA_financial/common_libs.git

# cd .; git ls-remote git://git.a.com/INA_financial/common_libs
fatal: unable to connect to git.a.com:
git.a.com[0: 54.255.254.175]: errno=Connection refused

get "git.a.com/INA_financial": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix:"git.a.com/INA_financial", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"http://git.a.com/INA_financial.git"} at //git.a.com/INA_financial?go-get=1
# cd .; git ls-remote https://git.a.com/INA_financial/common_libs
fatal: unable to access 'https://git.a.com/INA_financial/common_libs/': Failed to connect to git.a.com port 443: Connection refused
get "git.a.com": found meta tag get.metaImport{Prefix:"git.a.com", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"http://git.a.com.git"} at //git.a.com/?go-get=1
go get git.a.com/INA_financial/common_libs.git: git ls-remote -q http://git.a.com/INA_financial.git in /Users/jack/go/pkg/mod/cache/vcs/8dbf799342ee3e0c5c7ad8a0b4d6b190efeb7355c25556ab50721c2f4014c1e2: exit status 128:
        GitLab: The project you were looking for could not be found.
        fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
        
        Please make sure you have the correct access rights
        and the repository exists.

g00nix commented Jul 5, 2020

I have the same issue as @hookover

lempzz commented Jul 27, 2020

The @bobziuchkovski's comment wasn't help me.

But i'm tried to execute next commands:

git config --global url."https://<username>:<access_token>@private-git.com/".insteadOf "https://private-git.com/"

go get private-git.com/owner/repo

g00nix commented Jul 27, 2020

As a note to everybody here. When adding the overwrite to .gitconfig like so:

[url "ssh://[email protected]/"]
	insteadOf = "https://example.com/"

you will also need your env var:

export GOPRIVATE="example.com"

This should actually be part of the official docs.

bhundven commented Jul 31, 2020 •

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hrm, what about sub-projects on gitlab?

$ go get gitlab.com/SomeOrg/sub-project/project
# cd .; git clone -- https://gitlab.com/SomeOrg/sub-project.git /home/bhundven/go/src/gitlab.com/SomeOrg/sub-project
Cloning into '/home/bhundven/go/src/gitlab.com/SomeOrg/sub-project'...
Warning: Permanently added 'gitlab.com,172.65.251.78' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
remote: 
remote: ========================================================================
remote: 
remote: The project you were looking for could not be found.
remote: 
remote: ========================================================================
remote: 
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
package gitlab.com/SomeOrg/sub-project/project: exit status 128

Tried:

[url "[email protected]:SomeOrg"]
        insteadOf = https://gitlab.com/SomeOrg

bhundven commented Jul 31, 2020

Maybe not an issue for here, but for here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/30785

XVilka commented Dec 8, 2020

For those who will meet with the same problem: git config --global url."[email protected]:".insteadOf "https://github.com/" works but the local version (git config --local url."[email protected]:".insteadOf "https://github.com/") - doesn't. Likely a git bug.

no1xsyzy commented Feb 11, 2021 •

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@XVilka Did you try add local config to $GOPATH/src/github.com/private/repo (by cd into it first)? In fact the local config of that repo is loaded, instead of the repo that you are working on now.

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dmitshur commented Feb 14, 2021

This is a very old gist and may not be applicable by now. I added a warning to the top:

WARNING: This gist was created in 2013 and targets the legacy GOPATH mode. If you're reading this in 2021 or later, you're likely better served by reading https://tip.golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Configuration_for_downloading_non_public_code and https://golang.org/ref/mod#private-modules.

moihn commented May 11, 2021 •

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