Clone it, update the consumer go.mod with a "replace" directive to point the dependency at your fork. I don't understand how this is still a problem for people

Clone it, update the consumer go.mod with a "replace" directive to point the dependency at your fork. I don't understand how this is still a problem for people to understand. It's been the standard for literally years now. It's actually even better now that go workspaces are a thing.