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How to Go

Getting on GitHub

Sign up for a free account, and implement two-factor authentication for your login. For git command access, set up an SSH key for your GitHub account. Then redirect https:// git commands to ssh in your git config:

git config --global url.ssh://[e-mail]/.insteadOf https://github.com/

you don't need a credential helper with SSH access. Nor personal access tokens.

Forking and managing a GitHub repo

Fork the repo on GitHub. Clone it locally, and run

git remote add upstream https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/REPO_NAME.git

You can make changes, push them to your fork, and/or create a PR for upstream.

Setting up Go for private package repo access

Configure your Go environment for private module downloads by setting the Go environment variable GOPRIVATE to github.com/GITHUB-USER/PRIVATE-REPO-WITH-PACKAGES. This can also be a comma-separated list.

You can make this permanent in your Go environment by running:

go env -w GOPRIVATE=github.com/GITHUB-USER/PRIVATE-REPO-WITH-PACKAGES