the original question was to do it from anywhere. that's also what i would like to do..
go install from anywhere... Not when you in a project with a go.work or go.mod etc etc It's a pain that this is not supported. On Monday, 5 December 2022 at 1:09:13 pm UTC+1 Robert Engels wrote: > As I mentioned in the other thread - isn’t that made more complicated > because the module author (the module that is imported) doesnt use relative > packages references? If they did wouldn’t this be simpler? > > On Dec 5, 2022, at 5:32 AM, Brian Candler <b.ca...@pobox.com> wrote: > > Or there is vendoring <https://go.dev/ref/mod#go-mod-vendor>. > > > > On Monday, 5 December 2022 at 09:16:24 UTC stephane....@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> If you don't want to commit *go.mod*, you can use *go.work >> <http://go.work> *https://go.dev/ref/mod#go-work-file >> >> On Monday, December 5, 2022 at 9:52:17 AM UTC+1 kortschak wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2022-12-04 at 23:47 -0800, 'Christian Stewart' via golang-nuts >>> wrote: >>> > I definitely fork things and use "replace" quite frequently. >>> >>> It *can* be used, but it is not the solution in the general case as >>> Volker said. A replace in a library's go.mod file has no effect on >>> consumers of that library. >>> >>> https://go.dev/ref/mod#go-mod-file-replace: >>> >>> > replace directives only apply in the main module’s go.mod file and >>> are ignored in other modules. See Minimal version selection for >>> details. >>> >>> -- > 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...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/bb56e11c-e6c5-425a-8243-df7929021014n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/bb56e11c-e6c5-425a-8243-df7929021014n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/84413305-52a6-4345-b2f7-f003570fedf2n%40googlegroups.com.