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authorJay Conrod <jayconrod@google.com>2020-03-24 13:33:46 -0400
committerJay Conrod <jayconrod@google.com>2020-03-24 19:11:16 +0000
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cmd/go: clarify behavior with no arguments in 'go help mod download'
'go mod download' is equivalent to 'go mod download all'. Fixes #38031 Change-Id: I7aec7e5a1370a3e248eba6daad9a75ec21f33a83 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/225201 Run-TryBot: Jay Conrod <jayconrod@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Martí <mvdan@mvdan.cc> Reviewed-by: Bryan C. Mills <bcmills@google.com> TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
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diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/download.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/download.go
index 7d5294dcd0..584434935b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/download.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modcmd/download.go
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ var cmdDownload = &base.Command{
Long: `
Download downloads the named modules, which can be module patterns selecting
dependencies of the main module or module queries of the form path@version.
-With no arguments, download applies to all dependencies of the main module.
+With no arguments, download applies to all dependencies of the main module
+(equivalent to 'go mod download all').
The go command will automatically download modules as needed during ordinary
execution. The "go mod download" command is useful mainly for pre-filling