go malformed import path empty path element

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Trying to run

go mod init `pwd`

On a trivial example

    package main
    import (
        "net/http"
        "github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
    )

func main() {
// Echo instance
e := echo.New()


// Route => handler
e.GET("/", func(c echo.Context) error {
    return c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "Hello, World!\n")
})

// Start server
e.Logger.Fatal(e.Start(":1323"))
}

Gives an error

go malformed import path (path to file) empty path element

Yet if I create a manual go.mod like this

module <path>

go 1.12

require github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.6

Then I can build / run the code normally.

Any idea why go mod init fails? Mostly for future reference as creating the go.mod solves the immediate issue.

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2 Answers

Try initializing the modules in the console. The syntax for that is go mod init <mod_name> where mod_name can be github.com/labstack/echo/v4.

user_145962290

As suggested above, go mod init but without / at the beginning of your path works. Perhaps outside of GOPATH relative paths should be used instead of absolute paths(?)

user_169972830
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