# This test demonstrates a simple case in which 'go mod tidy' may resolve a # missing package, only to remove that package when resolving its dependencies. # # If we naively iterate 'go mod tidy' until the dependency graph converges, this # scenario may fail to converge. # The import graph used in this test looks like: # # m --- x # | # x_test --- y # # The module dependency graph of m is initially empty. # Modules x and y look like: # # x.1 (provides package x that imports y, but does not depend on module y) # # x.2-pre (no dependencies, but does not provide package x) # # y.1 (no dependencies, but provides package y) # # y.2 --- x.2-pre (provides package y) # # # When we resolve the missing import of y in x_test, we add y@latest — which is # y.2, not y.1 — as a new dependency. That upgrades to x to x.2-pre, which # removes package x (and also the need for module y). We can then safely remove # the dependency on module y, because nothing imports package y any more! # # We might be tempted to remove the dependency on module x for the same reason: # it no longer provides any imported package. However, that would cause 'go mod # tidy -e' to become unstable: with x.2-pre out of the way, we could once again # resolve the missing import of package x by re-adding x.1. cp go.mod go.mod.orig # 'go mod tidy' without -e should fail without modifying go.mod, # because it cannot resolve x and y simultaneously. ! go mod tidy cmp go.mod go.mod.orig stderr '^go: found example\.net/y in example\.net/y v0.2.0$' stderr '^go: finding module for package example\.net/x$' # TODO: This error message should be clearer — it doesn't indicate why v0.2.0-pre is required. stderr '^example\.net/m imports\n\texample\.net/x: package example\.net/x provided by example\.net/x at latest version v0\.1\.0 but not at required version v0\.2\.0-pre$' # 'go mod tidy -e' should follow upgrades to try to resolve the modules that it # can, and then stop. When we resolve example.net/y, we upgrade to example.net/x # to v0.2.0-pre. At that version, package x no longer exists and no longer # imports package y, so the import of x should be left unsatisfied and the # existing dependency on example.net/x removed. # # TODO(bcmills): It would be ever better if we could keep the original # dependency on example.net/x v0.1.0, but I don't see a way to do that without # making the algorithm way too complicated. (We would have to detect that the # new dependency on example.net/y interferes with the package that caused us to # to add that dependency in the first place, and back out that part of the change # without also backing out any other needed changes.) go mod tidy -e cmp go.mod go.mod.tidye stderr '^go: found example\.net/y in example\.net/y v0.2.0$' # TODO: This error message should be clearer — it doesn't indicate why v0.2.0-pre is required. stderr '^example\.net/m imports\n\texample\.net/x: package example\.net/x provided by example\.net/x at latest version v0\.1\.0 but not at required version v0\.2\.0-pre$' # Since we attempt to resolve the dependencies of package x whenever we add x itself, # this end state is stable. go mod tidy -e cmp go.mod go.mod.tidye # An explicit 'go get' with the correct versions should allow 'go mod tidy' to # succeed and remain stable. y.1 does not upgrade x, and can therefore be used # with it. go get example.net/x@v0.1.0 example.net/y@v0.1.0 go mod tidy cmp go.mod go.mod.postget # The 'tidy' logic for a lazy main module is somewhat different from that for an # eager main module, but the overall behavior is the same. cp go.mod.orig go.mod go mod edit -go=1.17 go.mod go mod edit -go=1.17 go.mod.tidye go mod tidy -e cmp go.mod go.mod.tidye stderr '^go: found example\.net/y in example\.net/y v0.2.0$' stderr '^example\.net/m imports\n\texample\.net/x: package example\.net/x provided by example\.net/x at latest version v0\.1\.0 but not at required version v0\.2\.0-pre$' go get example.net/x@v0.1.0 example.net/y@v0.1.0 go mod tidy cmp go.mod go.mod.postget-117 -- go.mod -- module example.net/m go 1.16 replace ( example.net/x v0.1.0 => ./x1 example.net/x v0.2.0-pre => ./x2-pre example.net/y v0.1.0 => ./y1 example.net/y v0.2.0 => ./y2 ) require ( example.net/x v0.1.0 ) -- go.mod.tidye -- module example.net/m go 1.16 replace ( example.net/x v0.1.0 => ./x1 example.net/x v0.2.0-pre => ./x2-pre example.net/y v0.1.0 => ./y1 example.net/y v0.2.0 => ./y2 ) -- go.mod.postget -- module example.net/m go 1.16 replace ( example.net/x v0.1.0 => ./x1 example.net/x v0.2.0-pre => ./x2-pre example.net/y v0.1.0 => ./y1 example.net/y v0.2.0 => ./y2 ) require ( example.net/x v0.1.0 example.net/y v0.1.0 // indirect ) -- go.mod.postget-117 -- module example.net/m go 1.17 replace ( example.net/x v0.1.0 => ./x1 example.net/x v0.2.0-pre => ./x2-pre example.net/y v0.1.0 => ./y1 example.net/y v0.2.0 => ./y2 ) require example.net/x v0.1.0 require example.net/y v0.1.0 // indirect -- m.go -- package m import _ "example.net/x" -- x1/go.mod -- module example.net/x go 1.16 -- x1/x.go -- package x -- x1/x_test.go -- package x import _ "example.net/y" -- x2-pre/go.mod -- module example.net/x go 1.16 -- x2-pre/README.txt -- There is no package x here. Use example.com/x/subpkg instead. -- x2-pre/subpkg/subpkg.go -- package subpkg // import "example.net/x/subpkg" -- y1/go.mod -- module example.net/y go 1.16 -- y1/y.go -- package y -- y2/go.mod -- module example.net/y go 1.16 require example.net/x v0.2.0-pre -- y2/y.go -- package y import _ "example.net/x/subpkg"