## Description Hello, So I was setting up a pipeline for my go application last weekend, and ran some issues with the GOPATH to build the application and such ### Problem The issue I was having was that the repository was not getting cloned to the correct directory so packages just failed. Now I noticed that it is getting cloned into a specific path `Cloning into '/builds/team-name/repo'...` and then when I try to run `go build` I start getting the following errors ```bash main.go:3:8: cannot find package "gitlab.com/team-name/agent/agent" in any of: /usr/local/go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/agent/agent (from $GOROOT) /go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/agent/agent (from $GOPATH) ``` Now I get the error of course because the directory structure is not set correctly. For me to fix this issue is that I had to add some scripts in the `before_scripts` inside of my `.gitlab-ci.yml` like the following ```yml before_script: - mkdir -p /go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/ - mv ../agent /go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/ - cd /go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/agent ``` Now doing the above works fine, until it comes to the end of the job, the runner by default `cd` back to the `/builds/team-name/repo` which understandably gives me the following error. Now I understand the reason it is doing this is to upload the artifacts it generates (speculation) ```bash /bin/bash: line 44: cd: /builds/team-name/repo: No such file or directory ERROR: Build failed: exit code 1 ``` So in every step, I want to run I have to remember to add the step below ```yml - mv ../agent /builds/team-name/repo ``` *Benefits* Cleaner `.gitlab-ci.yml` file (Include problem, use cases, benefits, and/or goals) ## Proposal Allow the user to change the default location to where the repository getting cloned so for example in my case it clones the repository to `/go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/`. We can use another variable name just like the variable name you use to change the git strategy for example `GIT_LOCATION` or something that reflects what it is doing better ## Links / references My `.gitlab-ci.yml` file ```yml image: docker:latest services: - docker:dind before_script: - mkdir -p /go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/ - mv ../agent /go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/ - cd /go/src/gitlab.com/team-name/agent stages: - build - test build: image: digitalrealms/golang-glide:latest stage: build script: - glide install - go build -v -o app - mv ../agent /builds/team-name/repo artifacts: untracked: true test: image: digitalrealms/golang-glide:latest stage: test script: - go test $(glide nv) - mv ../agent /builds/digital-realms/agent dependencies: - build ```