env GO111MODULE=off env GOPATH=$WORK/gopath/src/shadow/root1${:}$WORK/gopath/src/shadow/root2 # The math in root1 is not "math" because the standard math is. go list -f '({{.ImportPath}}) ({{.ConflictDir}})' ./shadow/root1/src/math stdout '^\(.*(\\|/)src(\\|/)shadow(\\|/)root1(\\|/)src(\\|/)math\) \('$GOROOT'(\\|/)?src(\\|/)math\)$' # The foo in root1 is "foo". go list -f '({{.ImportPath}}) ({{.ConflictDir}})' ./shadow/root1/src/foo stdout '^\(foo\) \(\)$' # The foo in root2 is not "foo" because the foo in root1 got there first. go list -f '({{.ImportPath}}) ({{.ConflictDir}})' ./shadow/root2/src/foo stdout '^\(.*gopath(\\|/)src(\\|/)shadow(\\|/)root2(\\|/)src(\\|/)foo\) \('$WORK'(\\|/)?gopath(\\|/)src(\\|/)shadow(\\|/)root1(\\|/)src(\\|/)foo\)$' # The error for go install should mention the conflicting directory. ! go install -n ./shadow/root2/src/foo stderr 'go: no install location for '$WORK'(\\|/)?gopath(\\|/)src(\\|/)shadow(\\|/)root2(\\|/)src(\\|/)foo: hidden by '$WORK'(\\|/)?gopath(\\|/)src(\\|/)shadow(\\|/)root1(\\|/)src(\\|/)foo' -- shadow/root1/src/foo/foo.go -- package foo -- shadow/root1/src/math/math.go -- package math -- shadow/root2/src/foo/foo.go -- package foo