Comparisons

What Is govanity? govanity is Google’s reference implementation for serving go-import meta tags. It’s a single Go binary that reads a YAML config file and responds to ?go-get=1 requests with the correct meta tags. # govanity.yaml paths: /auth: repo: https://github.com/org/auth-service vcs: git /logger: repo: https://github.com/org/logger vcs: git You deploy it, point your domain at it, and it works. It’s a solid tool — for the right use case. Where It Falls Short Pain 1: You own the infrastructure ...

The DIY Approach Go’s go-import meta tag mechanism is straightforward. You put this on a web page: <meta name="go-import" content="go.yourcompany.com/user-svc git https://github.com/org/user-svc"> And go get knows where to fetch code. Sounds simple enough — so why not just hand-write a few HTML files and serve them with Nginx? That’s exactly what many teams start with. Here’s what happens next. Where It Breaks Down Pain 1: One module = one HTML page + one Nginx rule ...