Using modules with a git repository on private server

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I host my repos on my own server without a code hosting software like gitlab or gitea. When I try to init a project as module I get this error.

hugo mod init juh@myserver.net:hugoexample.git
go: malformed module path "juh@myserver.net:hugoexample.git": invalid char '@'

A similar question was asked here but in Github context.

Is it possible to use a normal git repository at all?

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Is your repo public? If so, would you mind posting your test repo link here?

The module path is typically the URL of you repo (without protocol), e.g. myserver.net/hugoexample.

hugo mod init myserver.net/hugoexample

You will see the go-import meta in your repo page.

Some examples.

$ curl https://github.com/hugomods/images?go-get=1 | grep go-import
...
<meta name="go-import" content="github.com/hugomods/images git https://github.com/hugomods/images.git">
...

$ curl https://codeberg.org/razonyang/hugo-mod-hello.git?go-get=1 | grep go-import
...
<meta name="go-import" content="codeberg.org/razonyang/hugo-mod-hello git https://codeberg.org/razonyang/hugo-mod-hello.git.git">
...

Some references:

If your repo is private, I’d suggest

  1. creating a test public repo for making sure everything is OK on your self-hosted Git server,
  2. and then create your private repo, to see how to authenticate with your self-hosted Git server.

I use .netrc on my workflow to authenticate with GitHub for my private modules, you may find more approaches on Google with go modules private repo.

// my build script
echo "machine github.com login $GITHUB_USER password $GITHUB_TOKEN" >> $HOME/.netrc
hugo
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I only have ssh access to the repo, no https.

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@razon is right – the above is correct. Any authentication (e.g. username) needs to live elsewhere, e.g. in your Git config:

	
[url "ssh://juh@myserver.net"]
	insteadOf = myserver.net

Or something.

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