---
template:
slug: go-get-cgit
title: Make cgit go gettable
subtitle: go get git.icyphox.sh/* works!
date: 2021-07-14
---
`go get` requires the presence of the `go-import` meta tag[^1] on the
repository's web page. cgit doesn't support it out of the box; instead,
we can make nginx inject it into every page. Enter: `sub_filter`.[^2]
`sub_filter` is a function that simply performs a string replace. For
example:
```nginx
location / {
sub_filter '
' '
';
sub_filter_once on;
}
```
In our case, we want to have the meta tag injected inside ``.
```nginx
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name git.icyphox.sh;
location / {
...
sub_filter ''
'';
sub_filter_once on;
}
}
```
The closing `` tag gets replaced -- injecting the meta tag inside
``. This can also be extended to add the `go-source` meta tag as
well.
[^1]: https://godocs.io/cmd/go#hdr-Remote_import_paths
[^2]: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_sub_module.html