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'GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor' currently causes 'go get' to always fail unless
the '-mod' flag is explicitly overwritten. Moreover, as of CL 198319
we plan to set -mod=vendor by default if a vendor directory is
present, so all users with vendor directories will be affected — not
just those who set 'GOFLAGS' explicitly.

Similarly, an explicit '-mod=readonly' argument to 'go get' is
currently ignored as a special case, but the fact that it is ignored
(rather than rejected) can be very surprising.

Rather than adding more special cases, we should remove the '-mod'
flag from 'go get' entirely.

Fixes #30345
Fixes #32502
Updates #33848

Change-Id: Iecd3233ca3ef580ca3a66bd5e6ee8d86d4cbd8a7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/198438


Run-TryBot: Bryan C. Mills <bcmills@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Jay Conrod <jayconrod@google.com>