chore: move deprecated library location to new location (#9661)

* chore: move references to a deprecated package

* chore: remove the now-unnecessary exclude

* go get -u ./... && go mod tidy && go mod vendor

go.mod

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ module github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2
 
 go 1.23.4
 
-// Unit tests fail due to a breaking change in reference.Parse() from this version.
-exclude github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible
-
 // doesn't work well with windows
 exclude github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.17.0
 
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.25
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/docker/cli v27.5.0+incompatible
-	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/docker v27.5.0+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
@@ -178,6 +174,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5Qvfr
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
 github.com/docker/cli v27.5.0+incompatible h1:aMphQkcGtpHixwwhAXJT1rrK/detk2JIvDaFkLctbGM=
 github.com/docker/cli v27.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
-github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible h1:T3de5rq0dB1j30rp0sA2rER+m322EBzniBPB6ZIzuh8=
-github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
+github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible h1:AtKxIZ36LoNK51+Z6RpzLpddBirtxJnzDrHLEKxTAYk=
+github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
 github.com/docker/docker v27.5.0+incompatible h1:um++2NcQtGRTz5eEgO6aJimo6/JxrTXC941hd05JO6U=
 github.com/docker/docker v27.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.2 h1:bX3YxiGzFP5sOXWc3bTPEXdEaZSeVMrFgOr3T+zrFAo=

pkg/skaffold/docker/default_repo.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
+	"github.com/distribution/reference"
 )
 
 const maxLength = 255

pkg/skaffold/docker/reference.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
+	"github.com/distribution/reference"
 )
 
 var (

pkg/skaffold/kubernetes/loader/load.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
+	"github.com/distribution/reference"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2/pkg/skaffold/config"