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Last active November 28, 2025 13:23 — forked from dmitshur/gist:6927554
How to `go get` private repos using SSH key auth instead of password auth.

Set GOPRIVATE to match your github organization

I keep fixing this up, but if it fails for you, check if these are better maintained https://tip.golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Configuration_for_downloading_non_public_code and https://golang.org/ref/mod#private-modules.

Cloning the repo using one of the below techniques should work correctly but you may still be getting an unrecognized import error.

As it stands for Go v1.13, I found in the doc that we should use the GOPRIVATE variable like so:

GOPRIVATE=github.com/ORGANISATION_OR_USER_NAME go get -u -f github.com/ORGANISATION_OR_USER_NAME/REPO_NAME

The 'go env -w' command (see 'go help env') can be used to set these variables for future go command invocations.