How Can I Use `go get` to Retrieve Specific Git Tags from GitHub for Go Dependencies?

Github Go Dependency Management: Utilizing Specific Tags with "go get"

The "go get" command is a convenient tool for acquiring Go packages from the Github repository. However, when attempting to target a specific tag on the repository, challenges can arise.

Issue:

In the case of the InfluxDB database (version v0.8.8), the standard "go get github.com/influxdb/influxdb" command retrieves the master branch. To access the v0.8.8 tag, alternative approaches have been attempted without success.

Solution:

Unfortunately, using the "go get" tool alone does not allow for the retrieval of specific tags. Third-party Go package management tools or the creation of customized forks of the desired packages are necessary to achieve this fine-grained dependency management.

Recent discussions with a Google employee acknowledge this issue and suggest that official tooling may resolve it in the future.

Alternative Resources:

• Reference of third-party package management tools
• [Blog post](https://blog.golang.org/vendor-experiment) by the Go team on vendoring
• [Understanding and using the vendor folder](https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Vendoring)

Updates in Go 1.6:

Go 1.6 has introduced vendoring, making it easier to utilize specific tags/versions of packages using third-party tools. However, "go get" still lacks the functionality to fetch specific tags.

Modules in Go 1.11:

Go 1.11 introduces experimental features called "modules" to improve dependency management, with plans for stabilization in Go 1.12. [Information about modules in Go 1.11](https://blog.golang.org/go1.11-modules) provides further details.

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