go get : There is no tracking information for the current branch

Question

When I type in the command go get -u github.com/ndelphit/apkurlgrep

I get the error

There is no tracking information for the current branch. Please specify which branch you want to merge with. See git-pull(1) for details
git pull <remote> <branch>
If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> master
package github.com/ndelphit/apkurlgrep: exit status 1

i can't repro this error... have you done anything to your environment? — kylieCatt, Mar 10 '22 at 21:41
That error comes from git, you probably have a corrupt clone cached locally — JimB, Mar 11 '22 at 02:57
@kylieCatt no, I don't remember if I installed it using apt as a dependency for another program or if it comes with ubuntu. But I didn't touch anything in the environment — Ferdinand, Mar 11 '22 at 08:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '22 at 08:03

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It depends on your local Go version and if you are doing the command from a go project (with its go.mod), or outside any project.

Inside a project, try a go clean -modcache, and your

go get github.com/ndelphit/apkurlgrep

answered Mar 11 '22 at 08:03

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I've not tried this as I already found a solution, thank you though! – Ferdinand Mar 11 '22 at 08:17
Ok. I will remember this the next time I install something with go. – Ferdinand Mar 11 '22 at 08:24
its mr again. When I use go install I get ``` go: finding module for package github.com/akamensky/argparse go: found github.com/akamensky/argparse in github.com/akamensky/argparse v1.3.1 ``` – Ferdinand Mar 14 '22 at 20:55
@Ferdinand I just tested the command( *outside* of any Go project): it works without any issue/error. – VonC Mar 14 '22 at 21:18
I'm doing it in a blank terminal(not cd'd into any directory) – Ferdinand Mar 16 '22 at 11:30
@Ferdinand What version of go are you using? – VonC Mar 16 '22 at 12:52
go version go1.17.8 linux/amd64 – Ferdinand Mar 16 '22 at 12:53
@Ferdinand And what error message do you see when you use `go install`? – VonC Mar 16 '22 at 13:08
```go: finding module for package github.com/akamensky/argparse ``` and ```go: found github.com/akamensky/argparse in github.com/akamensky/argparse v1.3.1``` This is the output I get – Ferdinand Mar 16 '22 at 13:39
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@Ferdinand So... it worked! Meaning in `$HOME/go/mod/github.com/ndelphit`, you should be able to find the library installed. – VonC Mar 16 '22 at 13:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '22 at 08:15

After a little bit of digging, I found a similar issue here. One suggestion was to delete src from the go directory and this worked for me.

So here is what I did (Linux):

Find the go folder (for me it is located in the home directory) and cd into it

cd go
List the contents of the go folder

ls
You should see the src folder, now delete it:

rm -rf src
Try the go get command again (for your package)

go get -u github.com/ndelphit/apkurlgrep
You shouldn't get the error, run the package that you have installed (in my case apkurlgrep) to see if it has been installed. It runs!

go get : There is no tracking information for the current branch

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