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| author | Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> | 2016-11-30 17:16:32 -0500 |
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| committer | Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> | 2016-11-30 22:31:18 +0000 |
| commit | 5dd4d6edb8c935ce313782ec6ce838c03c73ea9b (patch) | |
| tree | 423ecb4ead8fe65309a7e107e6ab96b44dd7b651 | |
| parent | 74628a8b9f102bddd5078ee426efe0fd57033115 (diff) | |
| download | go-5dd4d6edb8c935ce313782ec6ce838c03c73ea9b.tar.gz go-5dd4d6edb8c935ce313782ec6ce838c03c73ea9b.zip | |
cmd/go: document GOPATH default exception
Doesn't get defaulted if $HOME/go is a GOROOT.
Change-Id: I6ac8211a74029e4ad70a50f6e7884a039a27ab05
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/33720
Run-TryBot: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | src/cmd/go/alldocs.go | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/cmd/go/help.go | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go index 0272e185ab..b4807420b0 100644 --- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go +++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go @@ -931,7 +931,8 @@ // // If the environment variable is unset, GOPATH defaults // to a subdirectory named "go" in the user's home directory -// ($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows). +// ($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows), +// unless that directory holds a Go distribution. // Run "go env GOPATH" to see the current GOPATH. // // Each directory listed in GOPATH must have a prescribed structure: diff --git a/src/cmd/go/help.go b/src/cmd/go/help.go index 183b27e7e6..fb69d8ec54 100644 --- a/src/cmd/go/help.go +++ b/src/cmd/go/help.go @@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ On Plan 9, the value is a list. If the environment variable is unset, GOPATH defaults to a subdirectory named "go" in the user's home directory -($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows). +($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows), +unless that directory holds a Go distribution. Run "go env GOPATH" to see the current GOPATH. Each directory listed in GOPATH must have a prescribed structure: |