cmd/go: improve error message when import path contains http://

Common mistake (at least for me) because hg etc. require the prefix
while the go command forbids it.

Before:
% go get http://code.google.com/p/go.text/unicode/norm
package http:/code.google.com/p/go.text/unicode/norm: unrecognized import path "http:/code.google.com/p/go.text/unicode/norm"

After:
% go get http://code.google.com/p/go.text/unicode/norm
package http:/code.google.com/p/go.text/unicode/norm: "http://" not allowed in import path

LGTM=ruiu, rsc
R=rsc, ruiu
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/97630046

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/vcs.go b/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
index 22d5ebc244..8f0bae0b75 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/vcs.go
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ type repoRoot struct {
 	root string
 }
 
+var httpPrefixRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^https?:`)
+
 // repoRootForImportPath analyzes importPath to determine the
 // version control system, and code repository to use.
 func repoRootForImportPath(importPath string) (*repoRoot, error) {
@@ -390,8 +392,12 @@ var errUnknownSite = errors.New("dynamic lookup required to find mapping")
 //
 // If scheme is non-empty, that scheme is forced.
 func repoRootForImportPathStatic(importPath, scheme string) (*repoRoot, error) {
-	if strings.Contains(importPath, "://") {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid import path %q", importPath)
+	// A common error is to use https://packagepath because that's what
+	// hg and git require. Diagnose this helpfully.
+	if loc := httpPrefixRE.FindStringIndex(importPath); loc != nil {
+		// The importPath has been cleaned, so has only one slash. The pattern
+		// ignores the slashes; the error message puts them back on the RHS at least.
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q not allowed in import path", importPath[loc[0]:loc[1]]+"//")
 	}
 	for _, srv := range vcsPaths {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(importPath, srv.prefix) {