Commit efb134f8 authored by Rob Pike's avatar Rob Pike

cmd/go: update docs about tags for get command

"go1" dominates. Delete the text about weekly and release.
We can revisit this once the situation changes.

R=golang-dev, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5969043
parent 8e71ee3b
......@@ -227,15 +227,11 @@ The -u flag instructs get to use the network to update the named packages
and their dependencies. By default, get uses the network to check out
missing packages but does not use it to look for updates to existing packages.
When checking out or updating a package, get looks for a branch or
tag that matches the locally installed version of Go. If the local
version "is release.rNN", it searches for "go.rNN". (For an
installation using Go version "weekly.YYYY-MM-DD", it searches for a
package version labeled "go.YYYY-MM-DD".) If the desired version
cannot be found but others exist with labels in the correct format,
get retrieves the most recent version before the desired label.
Finally, if all else fails it retrieves the most recent version of
the package.
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.
For more about specifying packages, see 'go help packages'.
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......@@ -37,15 +37,11 @@ The -u flag instructs get to use the network to update the named packages
and their dependencies. By default, get uses the network to check out
missing packages but does not use it to look for updates to existing packages.
When checking out or updating a package, get looks for a branch or
tag that matches the locally installed version of Go. If the local
version "is release.rNN", it searches for "go.rNN". (For an
installation using Go version "weekly.YYYY-MM-DD", it searches for a
package version labeled "go.YYYY-MM-DD".) If the desired version
cannot be found but others exist with labels in the correct format,
get retrieves the most recent version before the desired label.
Finally, if all else fails it retrieves the most recent version of
the package.
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.
For more about specifying packages, see 'go help packages'.
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