Forcing a Specific Import Path in Go

Question

New Go programmer here -- apologies if this is well worn territory, but my google searching hasn\'t turned up the answer I\'m looking for.

Short Version: Can I, as

Answer 1

Yes it's built in, I can't seem to find the implementation document (it's a relatively new feature in 1.5 or 1.6) however the syntax is:

package name // import "your-custom-path"

Example: https://github.com/golang/crypto/blob/master/bcrypt/bcrypt.go#L7

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The design document for this feature is https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jVFkZTcYbNLaTxXD9OcGfn7vYv5hWtPx9--lTx1gPMs/edit

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@JimB pointed out to https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Import_path_checking, and in the go1.4 release notes: https://golang.org/doc/go1.4#canonicalimports