On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 4:46 PM Sotirios Mantziaris <smantzia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> exactly that robert. :) > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 5:43 PM Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> > wrote: > >> I think he is pointing out the problem I’ve asked about many times that >> using the specified import path so ‘go get’ works is a problem. If I want >> to move my repos to another account all referencing code breaks. >> >> The import paths need a logical reference. >> >> Think Java and package names. The package name remains constant, where it >> is located/retrieved from changes all the time (classpath) >> >> I am assuming I’ve always misunderstood this, but nothing that was ever >> stated cleared it up, so I just went with, well I guess I don’t understand >> and move along... >> >> On Dec 12, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Wagner Riffel <wgrrif...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Go has nothing to do with github, you can have any import path and how >> many repos you like as long as it exists on your file system inside >> $GOPATH/src >> -wgr >> >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, 10:13 AM Sotirios Mantziaris <smantzia...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> i want to move a repo from my github account to another one. Goal is to >>> have a new import path for the new forked repository. >>> There are 2 ways of achieving the move: >>> >>> - Forking >>> - Transfer repository >>> >>> Is it possible to fork a repo and change the import path of the >>> repository? >>> >>> If the transfer option is chosen we just have to change all imports in >>> the code, which severs the ties for the originating project. >>> >>> Is it possible to have: >>> >>> - both repos >>> - every repo with it's own import path >>> - code exchange between them >>> >>> What are the options? >>> >> for compatibility sake, I usually fork instead of transfering the repository. ie: $> go get github.com/user/pkg $> cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/user/pkg $> git remote add new https://github.com/new-place/pkg $> git checkout -b new-branch $> find . -name "*.go" -type f -exec sed -i -e 's| github.com/user/pkg|github.com/new-place/pkg|g' {} \; $> git add . $> git commit -m "all: migration to github.com/new-place/pkg" hth, -s -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
