[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:

• https://go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Configuration_for_downloading_non_public_code
• https://go.dev/ref/mod#private-modules

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

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

Sources:

• https://docs.github.com/en/developers/overview/using-ssh-agent-forwarding
• https://golang.org/doc/faq#git_https
• https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-urlltbasegtinsteadOf

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.

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

I encountered the same issue, even if I tried to setup environment variable GIT_CONFIG to point to my local git config file, it is ignored... Do you have a solution that avoids using global ~/.gitconfig file now?

BTW, I keep updating my fork of this gist: https://gist.github.com/StevenACoffman/866b06ed943394fbacb60a45db5982f2