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I just now came across the problem that I created a repository on a private GitLab instance for a Golang project and could not just use go get ... to get it. After a short Google search, I came across this StackOverflow question and thankfully it had a working answer.

The original StackOverflow question can be found here: StackOverflow - how do you use golang with a private gitlab repo?, the question was asked by User James Fremen.

NOTE

I will quote the question and answer which worked here so it is sort of archived here.

The original question

GitLab is a free, open-source way to host private .git repositories but it does not seem to work with golang. When you create a project it generates a URL of the form:

git@1.2.3.4:private-developers/project.git

> where: 1.2.3.4 is the IP address of the gitlab server private-developers is a user group which has access to the private repo
>
> Golang 1.2.1 doesn't seem to understand this syntax.
>
>```console
go get git@1.2.3.4:private-developers/project.git

results in:

package git@23.251.148.129/project.git: unrecognized import path “git@1.2.3.4/project.git”

> Is there a way to get this to work?
>
> thanks!

Author of the question [James Fremen](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2904939/james-fremen)

## The answer that worked for me
> Run this command:
>
>```console
git config --global url."git@1.2.3.4:".insteadOf "https://1.2.3.4/"

Assuming you have the correct privileges to git clone the repository, this will make go get work for all repos on server 1.2.3.4.

I tested this to work with go version 1.6.2 and 1.8.

Author of the answer Rick Smith

Example for DNS names

So for example with dns names, it would be for a gitlab running at gitlab.example.com.

git config --global url."git@gitlab.example.com:".insteadOf "https://example.com/"

Summary

With that change, you can now successfully run go get gitlab.example.com/example-user/example-project.

Have Fun!