From: Jay Conrod <jayconrod@google.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:32:04 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: cmd/go: release note for -mod=readonly by default
X-Git-Tag: go1.16beta1~257
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8f2db14cd35bbd674cb2988a508306de6655e425;p=gostls13.git

cmd/go: release note for -mod=readonly by default

For #40728
Fixes #42466

Change-Id: If2b21b37a590c243828c4fd278ab10b2705450f0
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/268859
Reviewed-by: Bryan C. Mills <bcmills@google.com>
Trust: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org>
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diff --git a/doc/go1.16.html b/doc/go1.16.html
index 793f6ef26d..2187f0b1ad 100644
--- a/doc/go1.16.html
+++ b/doc/go1.16.html
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ Do not send CLs removing the interior tags from such phrases.
 
 <h4 id="modules">Modules</h4>
 
+<p><!-- golang.org/issue/40728 -->
+  Build commands like <code>go</code> <code>build</code> and <code>go</code>
+  <code>test</code> no longer modify <code>go.mod</code> and <code>go.sum</code>
+  by default. Instead, they report an error if a module requirement or checksum
+  needs to be added or updated (as if the <code>-mod=readonly</code> flag were
+  used). Module requirements and sums may be adjusted with <code>go</code>
+  <code>mod</code> <code>tidy</code> or <code>go</code> <code>get</code>.
+</p>
+
 <p><!-- golang.org/issue/40276 -->
   <code>go</code> <code>install</code> now accepts arguments with
   version suffixes (for example, <code>go</code> <code>install</code>