Commit 6ce50671 authored by Marko Mudrinic's avatar Marko Mudrinic Committed by Ian Lance Taylor

cmd/go: improve documentation on defaults for get

The existing docs states that, get looks for a branch or tag
that matches the locally installed version of Go.
First, this is only working for "go1", so it could be confusing.
Second, "If no such version exists it retrieves the most recent
version of the package". It's more the default branch, by git defaults,
rather than most recent version.

This should address the potential unclear parts.

Fixes #20320

Change-Id: Id7d727d88dc350c9902974b64fa28c3766f7e245
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/45890Reviewed-by: default avatarIan Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
parent a9fc249f
......@@ -523,8 +523,8 @@
// When checking out or updating a package, get looks for a branch or tag
// that matches the locally installed version of Go. The most important
// rule is that if the local installation is running version "go1", get
// searches for a branch or tag named "go1". If no such version exists it
// retrieves the most recent version of the package.
// searches for a branch or tag named "go1". If no such version exists
// it retrieves the default branch of the package.
//
// When go get checks out or updates a Git repository,
// it also updates any git submodules referenced by the repository.
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......@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ get uses the first one. For more details see: 'go help gopath'.
When checking out or updating a package, get looks for a branch or tag
that matches the locally installed version of Go. The most important
rule is that if the local installation is running version "go1", get
searches for a branch or tag named "go1". If no such version exists it
retrieves the most recent version of the package.
searches for a branch or tag named "go1". If no such version exists
it retrieves the default branch of the package.
When go get checks out or updates a Git repository,
it also updates any git submodules referenced by the repository.
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