From 90eacc6b6c843a79fd570ccea8ef8fbc4db7845d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Maxime=20Soul=C3=A9?= <btik-git@scoubidou.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 22:17:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: do not rely on google nor github APIs anymore
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to bypass rate limiting of non authenticated calls.

https://www.zetta.rocks/golang/go.json is updated twice per hour from
gihub API..

Signed-off-by: Maxime Soulé <btik-git@scoubidou.com>
---
 .github/workflows/test.yml |  4 ++--
 README.md                  |  4 ++--
 install-go.pl              | 45 +++++++++++++++-----------------------
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5f76474..023cec0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir zzz
           ./install-go.pl tip zzz
           ./zzz/go/bin/go version | tee zzz/go-version
-          fgrep -q 'go version devel' zzz/go-version
+          grep -q 'go version .*devel' zzz/go-version
           if [ ! -s "$GITHUB_PATH" ]; then
               echo "*** GITHUB_PATH file is empty"
               false
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir zzz
           ALWAYS_BUILD_TIP=1 ./install-go.pl tip zzz
           ./zzz/go/bin/go version | tee zzz/go-version
-          fgrep -q 'go version devel' zzz/go-version
+          grep -q 'go version .*devel' zzz/go-version
           if [ ! -s "$GITHUB_PATH" ]; then
               echo "*** GITHUB_PATH file is empty"
               false
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32c912a..416d6dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.18.x, 1.19.x, 1.20.x, 1.21.x, 1.22.x, 1.23.x, 1.24.x, tip]
+        go-version: [1.20.x, 1.21.x, 1.22.x, 1.23.x, 1.24.x, 1.25.x, 1.26.x, tip]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Setup go
         run: |
-          curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maxatome/install-go/v3.7/install-go.pl |
+          curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maxatome/install-go/v3.8/install-go.pl |
               perl - ${{ matrix.go-version }} $HOME/go
 
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/install-go.pl b/install-go.pl
index 6409f3c..bba5a14 100755
--- a/install-go.pl
+++ b/install-go.pl
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 use File::Spec;
 use Getopt::Long;
 
+# Cache of github API tags to avoid rate limiting (updated twice per hour)
+my $GO_TAGS_URL = 'https://www.zetta.rocks/golang/go.json';
+
 my($NO_GITHUB_PATH, $NO_GITHUB_ENV);
 GetOptions('p|dont-alter-github-path' => \$NO_GITHUB_PATH,
            'e|dont-alter-github-env'  => \$NO_GITHUB_ENV)
@@ -88,30 +91,18 @@
     }
 
     say "Need to build tip, get required golang version...";
-    my $dist_url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/golang/go/contents/src/cmd/dist';
-    my $r = http_get($dist_url);
-    $r->{success} or die "Cannot retrieve $dist_url: $r->{status} $r->{reason}\n";
-
     my $required_version;
-    foreach my $file (@{decode_json($r->{content})})
+    my $r = http_get($GO_TAGS_URL);
+    if ($r->{success})
     {
-        if ($file->{download_url} =~ m,/notgo.*\.go\z,)
-        {
-            $r = http_get($file->{download_url});
-            unless ($r->{success})
-            {
-                say "Cannot retrieve $file->{download_url}: $r->{status} $r->{reason}\n";
-                last
-            }
-            unless ($r->{content} =~ /^package building_Go_requires_Go_(\d+(?:_\d+)+)_or_later/m)
-            {
-                say "package line not found in $file->{download_url}\n";
-                last
-            }
-            $required_version = eval { version->parse('v' . ($1 =~ tr/_/./r)) };
-            last
-        }
+        $required_version = decode_json($r->{content})->{tip_require_version};
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        warn "Cannot retrieve $GO_TAGS_URL: $r->{status} $r->{reason}\n";
+        $required_version = '1.26.4'; # should be safe for several years
     }
+    $required_version = eval { version->parse("v$required_version") };
 
     $required_version
         or die "Cannot determine which golang version is required to build tip";
@@ -176,7 +167,7 @@ sub resolve_target
         $target = $1;
 
         $vreg = quotemeta($target) . '(?:\.([0-9]+))?';
-        $vreg = qr/^go$vreg\z/;
+        $vreg = qr,^go$vreg\z,;
 
         $last_minor = -1;
     }
@@ -185,19 +176,19 @@ sub resolve_target
         die "Bad target $target, should be 1.12 or 1.12.1 or 1.12.x or tip\n"
     }
 
-    my $r = http_get('https://go.googlesource.com/go/+refs/tags?format=JSON');
+    my $r = http_get($GO_TAGS_URL);
     $r->{success} or die "Cannot retrieve tags: $r->{status} $r->{reason}\n$r->{content}\n";
 
-    my $versions = decode_json($r->{content} =~ s/^[^{]+//r);
+    my $tags = decode_json($r->{content})->{tags};
 
     my $found;
     if (defined $vreg)
     {
-        foreach (keys %$versions)
+        foreach (keys %$tags)
         {
             if (/$vreg/ and $last_minor < ($1 // 0))
             {
-                $last_minor = $1;
+                $last_minor = $1 // 0;
                 $found = 1;
             }
         }
@@ -205,7 +196,7 @@ sub resolve_target
     else
     {
         # exact match expected
-        $found = exists $versions->{"go$target"};
+        $found = exists $tags->{"go$target"};
     }
 
     $found or die "Version $target not found\n";