Mise fails to install nested Go tools

[zx8]

Describe the bug

Mise seems to sometimes(?) fail to install Go tools that are in subdirectory of the repository.

To Reproduce

$ mise install go:github.com/noperator/sol/cmd/sol@latest
go: invalid github.com import path "github.com/noperator"
go: invalid github.com import path "github.com"
mise WARN  No versions found for go:github.com/noperator/sol/cmd/sol

Expected behavior

It works, like go install.

mise doctor output

version: 2024.12.19 macos-arm64 (2024-12-23)
activated: yes
shims_on_path: no

build_info:
  Target: aarch64-apple-darwin
  Features: DEFAULT, NATIVE_TLS
  Built: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:02:19 +0000
  Rust Version: rustc 1.83.0 (90b35a623 2024-11-26) (Homebrew)
  Profile: release

shell:
  /opt/homebrew/bin/fish
  fish, version 3.7.1-2640-gf3dd4ee02

dirs:
  cache: ~/Library/Caches/mise
  config: ~/.config/mise
  data: ~/.local/share/mise
  shims: ~/.local/share/mise/shims
  state: ~/.local/state/mise

config_files:
  ~/.config/mise/config.toml

ignored_config_files: (none)

backends:
  aqua
  asdf
  cargo
  core
  dotnet
  gem
  go
  npm
  pipx
  spm
  ubi
  vfox

plugins:
  terraform           https://github.com/asdf-community/asdf-hashicorp.git#f1602b6
  usage               https://github.com/jdx/mise-usage.git#fe3888a

toolset:
  go:golang.org/x/tools/[email protected]
  go:mvdan.cc/[email protected]

env_vars:
  MISE_SHELL=fish

settings:
  experimental         true  ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  pipx.uvx             true  ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  python.uv_venv_auto  true  ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  status.show_env      true  ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  status.show_tools    false ~/.config/mise/config.toml

No problems found

[eitamal]

That's an interesting find! But, I think it still completed successfully, no? The main issue seems to do with the lack of versions for sol. But I think this behaviour is actually expected due to how Go modules work with repositories that don't have version tags.

While go install github.com/noperator/sol/cmd/sol@latest works because Go can fall back to pseudo-versioning, the go list -m -versions command (which mise uses internally to discover available versions) doesn't return any results for repositories without explicit version tags.

You can verify this by running:

$ go list -m -versions -json github.com/noperator/sol/cmd/sol
{
        "Path": "github.com/noperator/sol/cmd/sol"
}

versus a repo with version tags:

$ go list -m -versions -json github.com/DarthSim/hivemind
{
        "Path": "github.com/DarthSim/hivemind",
        "Versions": [
                "v1.0.1",
                "v1.0.2",
                "v1.0.3",
                "v1.0.4",
                "v1.0.5",
                "v1.0.6",
                "v1.1.0"
        ]
}

So yeah, I think showing a warning is the correct thing to do here. The go: invalid github... is probably not great, though.

But the following works for me:

$ mise x go:github.com/noperator/sol/cmd/sol@latest -- sol --help
Usage of sol:
  -a    arguments
  -all
        all
  -b    binary commands: &&, ||, |, |&
  -c    command substitution: $(), ``
  -e    inspect env to resolve command types
  -f string
        file
  -j    jq
  -jqarr
        arrays
  -jqobj
        objects
  -jqop string
        operators (comma-separated)
  -l    clauses: case, for, if, while
  -o    one line
  -p    process substitution: <(), >()
  -r    redirect: >, >>, <, <>, <&, >&, >|, <<, <<-, <<<, &>, &>>
  -s    shell strings: xargs, parallel
  -v    verbose
  -w int
        max line width before breaking

NOTE: I'm not a maintainer; just giving my two cents 😅