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Diffstat (limited to 'src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go b/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go index 8260cb4d7..47c615364 100644 --- a/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go +++ b/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go @@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ attempt to fetch updates. The -u flag changes this behavior, causing goinstall to update all remote packages encountered during the installation. -When downloading or updating, goinstall first looks for a tag or branch -named "release". If there is one, it uses that version of the code. +When downloading or updating, goinstall looks for a tag with the "go." prefix +that corresponds to the local Go version. For Go "release.r58" it looks for a +tag named "go.r58". For "weekly.2011-06-03" it looks for "go.weekly.2011-06-03". +If the specific "go.X" tag is not found, it chooses the closest earlier version. +If an appropriate tag is found, goinstall uses that version of the code. Otherwise it uses the default version selected by the version control system, typically HEAD for git, tip for Mercurial. |