Clone private GitHub repo with go-git

clone.go

// SSHClone clones a private GitHub repository using SSH, in the directory passed as parameter
func SSHClone(dest string) error {
	var publicKey *ssh.PublicKeys
	sshKey, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/Users/youruser/.ssh/id_rsa")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	publicKey, err = ssh.NewPublicKeys("git", sshKey, "")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if _, err = git.PlainClone("/clone/destination/", false, &git.CloneOptions{
		URL:  "[email protected]:theuser/therepo.git",
		Auth: publicKey,
	}); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	
	return nil
}