--- /dev/null
+# Commands used to debug the module graph should not write go.mod or go.sum
+# or report errors when those files need to be updated.
+
+# Everything's okay initially.
+go list -m all
+
+# Downgrading sampler makes go.mod inconsistent, but 'go mod graph',
+# 'go mod verify', and 'go mod why' still work.
+cp go.mod go.mod.orig
+go mod edit -require=rsc.io/sampler@v1.2.0
+cp go.mod go.mod.edit
+! go list -m all
+stderr 'updates to go.mod needed'
+
+go mod graph
+cmp stdout graph.want
+cmp go.mod go.mod.edit
+
+go mod verify
+stdout '^all modules verified$'
+cmp go.mod go.mod.edit
+
+go mod why rsc.io/sampler
+cmp stdout why.want
+cmp go.mod go.mod.edit
+
+# TODO(#48613): 'go mod why -m' incorrectly reports sampler is not needed.
+go mod why -m rsc.io/sampler
+cmp stdout why-broken.want
+cmp go.mod go.mod.edit
+
+cp go.mod.orig go.mod
+
+# Removing go.sum breaks other commands, but 'go mod graph' and
+# 'go mod why' still work.
+rm go.sum
+! go list -m all
+stderr 'missing go.sum entry'
+
+go mod graph
+cmp stdout graph.want
+! exists go.sum
+
+go mod verify
+stdout '^all modules verified$'
+! exists go.sum
+
+go mod why rsc.io/sampler
+cmp stdout why.want
+! exists go.sum
+
+go mod why -m rsc.io/sampler
+cmp stdout why.want
+! exists go.sum
+
+-- go.mod --
+module m
+
+go 1.18
+
+require rsc.io/quote v1.5.2
+
+require (
+ golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c // indirect
+ rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0 // indirect
+ rsc.io/testonly v1.0.0 // indirect
+)
+-- go.sum --
+golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c h1:pvCbr/wm8HzDD3fVywevekufpn6tCGPY3spdHeZJEsw=
+golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+rsc.io/quote v1.5.2 h1:3fEykkD9k7lYzXqCYrwGAf7iNhbk4yCjHmKBN9td4L0=
+rsc.io/quote v1.5.2/go.mod h1:LzX7hefJvL54yjefDEDHNONDjII0t9xZLPXsUe+TKr0=
+rsc.io/sampler v1.2.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
+rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0 h1:HLGR/BgEtI3r0uymSP/nl2uPLsUnNJX8toRyhfpBTII=
+rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
+rsc.io/testonly v1.0.0 h1:K/VWHdO+Jv7woUXG0GzVNx1czBXUt3Ib1deaMn+xk64=
+rsc.io/testonly v1.0.0/go.mod h1:OqmGbIFOcF+XrFReLOGZ6BhMM7uMBiQwZsyNmh74SzY=
+-- use.go --
+package use
+
+import _ "rsc.io/quote"
+-- graph.want --
+m golang.org/x/text@v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c
+m rsc.io/quote@v1.5.2
+m rsc.io/sampler@v1.3.0
+m rsc.io/testonly@v1.0.0
+rsc.io/quote@v1.5.2 rsc.io/sampler@v1.3.0
+rsc.io/sampler@v1.3.0 golang.org/x/text@v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c
+-- why.want --
+# rsc.io/sampler
+m
+rsc.io/quote
+rsc.io/sampler
+-- why-broken.want --
+# rsc.io/sampler
+(main module does not need module rsc.io/sampler)