go.olly.garden

Local Development Setup for go.olly.garden

To use go.olly.garden modules on your local machine with private GitHub repositories, you need to configure two things:

Quick Setup

# 1. Set GOPRIVATE to bypass public proxy for go.olly.garden modules
go env -w GOPRIVATE="go.olly.garden"

# 2. Configure Git to use SSH for GitHub authentication
git config --global url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"

What This Does

GOPRIVATE

• Tells Go to bypass the public module proxy (proxy.golang.org) for go.olly.garden modules
• Required because private repositories aren’t available through the public proxy

Git SSH Redirect

• Automatically converts HTTPS GitHub URLs to SSH URLs
• When Go tries to fetch https://github.com/ollygarden/trellis, Git converts it to git@github.com:ollygarden/trellis
• Uses your SSH keys for authentication with private repositories

Verification

Test that everything works:

# Test SSH connection to GitHub
ssh -T git@github.com

# Test Go module download
go mod init test
go get go.olly.garden/trellis

Troubleshooting

SSH Connection Issues

# Test SSH connection
ssh -T git@github.com
# Should return: "Hi username! You've successfully authenticated..."

Module Download Issues

# Verify GOPRIVATE is set
go env GOPRIVATE
# Should include: go.olly.garden

# Verify Git SSH redirect
git config --global --get url."git@github.com:".insteadOf
# Should return: https://github.com/

# Clear module cache if needed
go clean -modcache