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cmd/go: recommend -d when -m is used
In golang#32038, it was decided to remove get's -m, since one former use case is removed, and the other can be done via -d, as pointed by Russ. However, a user getting this short error might not realise that they can switch to -d to skip building packages. Add a short mention to point them in the right direction. It's important to note "packages", because -m was a flag that acted on modules, while -d acts on packages. Simply replacing -m with -d might not be enough in some cases because of that distinction. Change-Id: I0947b25c4223bdad3cd0e535848527da8db8a16d Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/179361 Reviewed-by: Jay Conrod <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Bryan C. Mills <[email protected]> Run-TryBot: Daniel Martí <[email protected]> TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <[email protected]>
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‎src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go‎

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@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func runGet(cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
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fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go get: -fix flag is a no-op when using modules\n")
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}
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if *getM {
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base.Fatalf("go get: -m flag is no longer supported")
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base.Fatalf("go get: -m flag is no longer supported; consider -d to skip building packages")
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}
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modload.LoadTests = *getT
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