gitlab-go-import

why

When we use project groups in GitLab, golang is unable to find some imports until we add .git suffix to module path. This approach isn't neat at all.

This small app handles requests with go-get=1 query argument and resolves such cases enabling clean usage if import paths.

how

For GitLab installations running behind nginx proxy, server configuration could be changed to something like this:

location / {
    set $destination "http://127.0.0.1:8888";
    if ($arg_go-get = "1") {
        set $destination "http://127.0.0.1:8008";
    }
    client_max_body_size 0;
    gzip off;

    ## https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/694
    ## Some requests take more than 30 seconds.
    proxy_read_timeout      300;
    proxy_connect_timeout   300;
    proxy_redirect          off;

    proxy_http_version 1.1;

    proxy_pass              $destination;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    proxy_set_header        Host              $http_host;
    proxy_set_header        X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-Ssl   on;
    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header        X-Frame-Options   SAMEORIGIN;
}

This means requests with go-get=1 query argument will be handled by this application with is serving on 127.0.0.1:8008.

The best way to install this application is:

cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/lexycore/gitlab-go-import.git
cd ./gitlab-go-import

# edit docker-compose.yml

docker-compose up --build

Of course, we need to configure this app. This can be done via docker-compose.yml.

• GO_IMPORT_GITLAB_URL [env var] - url of your GitLab server
• GO_IMPORT_GITLAB_TOKEN [env var] - private access token created by GitLab admin user
• ports: ["8008:8008"] - configure port on which nginx will be redirecting requests to this app