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zombiezen opened this issue Jul 25, 2018 · 2 comments
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cmd/go: clean -modcache only operates inside a module #26596

zombiezen opened this issue Jul 25, 2018 · 2 comments
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What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.10.3 linux/amd64 vgo:devel +88c76dcbab

(vgo is at 20939850793927db78c179dcfcd5d4d6f44f2c01)

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

linux/amd64

What did you do?

I ran vgo clean -modcache outside of a module.

What did you expect to see?

The mod directory is made empty.

What did you see instead?

vgo exited with the following error:

go: cannot find main module root; see 'go help modules'
@gopherbot gopherbot added this to the vgo milestone Jul 25, 2018
@bcmills bcmills changed the title x/vgo: clean -modcache only operates inside a module cmd/go: clean -modcache only operates inside a module Jul 25, 2018
@bcmills bcmills modified the milestones: vgo, Go1.11 Jul 25, 2018
@bcmills bcmills added NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. modules labels Jul 25, 2018
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Change https://golang.org/cl/126115 mentions this issue: cmd/go/internal/clean: support "clean -modcache" operates outside a module

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Change https://golang.org/cl/126655 mentions this issue: cmd/go: split go mod into multiple subcommands

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