I did a thing, I'm gonna blog about it

posts/2025-02-13-go-module-imports.md

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+title: Custom import paths for Go modules
+published_on: '2025-02-13'
+---
+
+Go modules are great. URL-based imports, generally, are great. One of the things that makes them so great is that putting them on your own domain provides a good way of verifying ownership without going through a third party or a complicated review process. Plus, it looks cool. 
+
+So, how exactly do you do such a thing? Well, it's [buried in the documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Remote_import_paths), but it's really pretty simple. For each import path (e.g. `mysite.com/mypackage`), just put a page on your website with a `go-import` meta tag:
+
+```html
+<meta name="go-import" content="mysite.com/mypackage git https://ultragreatgithost.com/me/mypackage">
+```
+
+_(`git` can be replaced with `bzr`, `fossil`, `hg`, or `svn` for different VCSs &mdash; see the docs page linked above.)_
+
+This website, for instance, builds these pages from a hash in [`build.rb`](https://git.farthergate.com/sites/farthergate.com/-/blob/main/build.rb):
+
+```ruby
+def go_modules = {
+  "farthergate.com/stack" => "https://git.farthergate.com/aleks/stack",
+  # ...
+}
+```
+
+See [farthergate.com/stack](/stack) for the generated page. Look in the web inspector for the `meta` tag!