Vendoring and Import Path Rewriting
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Argues for copying dependency source into the repo so builds are reproducible and fast, showing the actual tool godep and its behavior: it records exact commit ids (not version ranges), it made vendoring the default on Sept 22, it supports godep save -copy to vendor and godep save -r to rewrite import paths. Demonstrates concrete wins: reliable offline builds, faster deploys, git bisect across history, and shipping urgent local patches before upstream merges.
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