alt Hacker News> That is, if you move your git hosting to GitLab then you have to change your code!
You can also just use "replace github.com/example/example => gitlab.com/example/example" in your go.mod file and everything will keep working. That seems like a very pre-mature optimization for something that doesn't really matter.
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why not just use replacements to begin with if you don't want to bother with setting up domains?
"replace example => github.com/example/example" at first, then change to "replace example => gitlab.com/example/example" or similar when there's a migration
(i don't use go, but i hope this is possible and i am confused if it's not)
What about everyone else using your code? You are going to ask them all to update their code as well? Many of them probably won't realize, and will get stuck on an old version that never gets updated, even to fix bugs and security issues.
And you'll just leave references to abandoned infrastructure in your code forever?
Yeah, I think putting github.com in your repo is a mistake but it seems massively overstated. Seems trivial to fix all the code, or to just use go.mod, or first use go.mod and then fix your code.