golang "go get" command showing "go: missing Git command" error

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I'm new in go lang. Trying to import a go library using "go get" command but in cmd getting this error:

go: missing Git command. See https://golang.org/s/gogetcmd
package github.com/ttacon/chalk: exec: "git": executable file not found in  %PATH%

My Go Env:

set GOARCH=amd64
set GOBIN=
set GOEXE=.exe
set GOHOSTARCH=amd64
set GOHOSTOS=windows
set GOOS=windows
set GOPATH=F:\Works\Go
set GORACE=
set GOROOT=C:\Go
set GOTOOLDIR=C:\Go\pkg\tool\windows_amd64
set GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1
set CC=gcc
set GOGCCFLAGS=-m64 -mthreads -fmessage-length=0
set CXX=g++
set CGO_ENABLED=1

What's wrong with my Go environment?

T0xicCode · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-16 18:56:07Z

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go get requires git if any of the packages lives (and is being fetched) from a git repository. For Windows, you can install git from the git website.

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answered Mar 16, 2016 at 18:54

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Sentinel Over a year ago

And then restart VS Code once git installed.

E235 Over a year ago

After you installed it, go to System Properties (sysdm.cpl from Run) -> Environment Variables -> edit Path from the System variables and add the path (..\Git\bin) of the installation folder of git.exe. See @Variety_Davids answer.

Nilesh Over a year ago

Why one should install complete git just to fetch repositories?

T0xicCode Over a year ago

@Nilesh go downloads the source code of the dependencies through their declared version control system. If all your dependencies and your code were version controlled using mercurial instead, you wouldn't need git at all, just mercurial.

Nilesh Over a year ago

Yes I understand, go uses VCS to download source code. My question was Why go-get cannot download source code without installation of git. To develop simple project go enforces users to install VCS, this looks so opinionated to me!

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alamin · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-23 04:37:16Z

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Locally

Installing git will solve the issue.

for mac brew install git
for ubuntu sudo apt-get install git
for arch linux pacman -S git
for windows install git according to the instructions from the git installation page.

In Docker

If you are getting while running in building docker image then you should install git there. [I got this issue while building docker image]

For Example: In my Dockerfile

FROM golang:alpine 
RUN apk add git

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vbence Over a year ago

OP is using windows.

Variety_Davids · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-12 13:21:14Z

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The go get fetching of source code is done by using one of the following tools expected to be found on your system either git, svn, hg.

Install git from this link https://git-scm.com/downloads

After installing git you should navigate to the environment variables setting and add the path of git.exe(executable file) which is found in the bin. So the path should look like this "C:\Program Files\Git\bin". Restart your IDE and the command should be working.

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answered Apr 12, 2018 at 13:12

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Syscall · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-06 08:52:42Z

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Install git.

for Ubuntu, you can use the command

sudo apt-get install git

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vbence Over a year ago

OP is using windows.

Neil P. · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-20 19:08:50Z

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If you're running this as a Jenkins pipeline script, start your Docker image like:

node('docker') {
  docker.image('golang:1.14rc1-alpine3.11').inside(' -u 0') {
    sh 'apk add curl'
    ...
  }
}

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