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Diffstat (limited to 'src/cmd/go/internal/version/version.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/cmd/go/internal/version/version.go | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/version/version.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/version/version.go index ac2ae50155..a5b13653cd 100644 --- a/src/cmd/go/internal/version/version.go +++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/version/version.go @@ -53,7 +53,14 @@ var ( func runVersion(cmd *base.Command, args []string) { if len(args) == 0 { - if *versionM || *versionV { + // If any of this command's flags were passed explicitly, error + // out, because they only make sense with arguments. + // + // Don't error if the flags came from GOFLAGS, since that can be + // a reasonable use case. For example, imagine GOFLAGS=-v to + // turn "verbose mode" on for all Go commands, which should not + // break "go version". + if (!base.InGOFLAGS("-m") && *versionM) || (!base.InGOFLAGS("-v") && *versionV) { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go version: flags can only be used with arguments\n") base.SetExitStatus(2) return |