go vanity imports

vanity imports are vain

go vanity imports

vanity imports are vain

So how do you get go get your.domain/package to work?

go get

go get queries your.domain/path/to/module/path/to/package?go-get=1 and expects a meta tag of the form: <meta name="go-import" content="module_name vcs repo root">, it then expects the path after module name to be the dir structure in the repo,

ex:
<meta name="go-import" content="seankhliao.com/rsssubsbot git https://github.com/seankhliao/rsssubsbot">

ex:
### go get GETs:
your.domain/path/to/module/path/to/package?go-get=1

### server responds with:
<meta name="go-import" content="your.domain/path/to/module git https://github.com/your/repo">

### go downloads (git clones):
https://github.com/your/repo

### go expects to find the package in
repo/path/to/package

side note: the go cmd as of go1.12 does not use tls1.3 by default (need GODEBUG=tls13=1) so make sure your server works with at least tls1.2 if you want stuff like godoc.org to work

go source

Documentation is important, godoc.org is standard for Go

support it with the extra meta tag of the form: <meta name="go-source" content="module_name link_to_repo link_to_repo_ref_dir link_to_repo_ref_line"

ex:
<meta name="go-source" content="seankhliao.com/rsssubsbot
                                https://github.com/seankhliao/rsssubsbot
                                https://github.com/seankhliao/rsssubsbot/tree/master{/dir}
                                https://github.com/seankhliao/rsssubsbot/tree/master{/dir}/{file}#L{line}">

other

so all that's for the go cmd, what about humans?

Another meta tag! With the form <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="delay_in_seconds; url='url.to/redirect/to'">, another way is with js: window.location='url.to/redirect/to', or http redirects if you can parse the go-get=1 query param Redirect to godoc.org:

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; url='https://godoc.org/seankhliao.com/rsssubsbot'">

everything together

<meta name="go-import" content="seankhliao.com/rsssubsbot git https://github.com/seankhliao/rsssubsbot">
<meta name="go-source" content="seankhliao.com/rsssubsbot
                                https://github.com/seankhliao/rsssubsbot
                                https://github.com/seankhliao/rsssubsbot/tree/master{/dir}
                                https://github.com/seankhliao/rsssubsbot/tree/master{/dir}/{file}#L{line}">
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; url='https://godoc.org/seankhliao.com/rsssubsbot'">