How to do “go get” on a specific tag of a github repository

Question

I am trying to compile the InfluxDB database (version v0.8.8) using go get github.com/influxdb/influxdb

But this pulls the master branch, and I need the

Answer 1

maven golang plugin allows to play with branch, tag and revision during GET, you can take a look at its test for such cases with GIT repository