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cmd/go: clarify documentation for 'go get -u'

Also: add a comment in internal/get.newUpgrader as a follow-up to
CL 177677.

Updates #26902

Change-Id: Ibce2807ecb44fa21697ca04a51c44ddca0f661d8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/176902
Reviewed-by: Bryan C. Mills <bcmills@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Bryan C. Mills <bcmills@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
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Jay Conrod 2019-05-13 15:11:31 -04:00
parent 545cd82734
commit a53b465572
2 changed files with 15 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -603,9 +603,12 @@
// The -t flag instructs get to consider modules needed to build tests of
// packages specified on the command line.
//
// The -u flag instructs get to update dependencies to use newer minor or
// patch releases when available. Continuing the previous example,
// 'go get -u A' will use the latest A with B v1.3.1 (not B v1.2.3).
// The -u flag instructs get to update modules providing dependencies
// of packages named on the command line to use newer minor or patch
// releases when available. Continuing the previous example, 'go get -u A'
// will use the latest A with B v1.3.1 (not B v1.2.3). If B requires module C,
// but C does not provide any packages needed to build packages in A
// (not including tests), then C will not be updated.
//
// The -u=patch flag (not -u patch) also instructs get to update dependencies,
// but changes the default to select patch releases.

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@ -77,9 +77,12 @@ those requirements by taking the maximum requested version.)
The -t flag instructs get to consider modules needed to build tests of
packages specified on the command line.
The -u flag instructs get to update dependencies to use newer minor or
patch releases when available. Continuing the previous example,
'go get -u A' will use the latest A with B v1.3.1 (not B v1.2.3).
The -u flag instructs get to update modules providing dependencies
of packages named on the command line to use newer minor or patch
releases when available. Continuing the previous example, 'go get -u A'
will use the latest A with B v1.3.1 (not B v1.2.3). If B requires module C,
but C does not provide any packages needed to build packages in A
(not including tests), then C will not be updated.
The -u=patch flag (not -u patch) also instructs get to update dependencies,
but changes the default to select patch releases.
@ -757,6 +760,9 @@ func newUpgrader(cmdline map[string]*query, pkgs map[string]bool) *upgrader {
work = work[1:]
m := modload.PackageModule(pkg)
u.upgrade[m.Path] = true
// testImports is empty unless test imports were actually loaded,
// i.e., -t was set or "all" was one of the arguments.
imports, testImports := modload.PackageImports(pkg)
for _, imp := range imports {
add(imp)