why-go-over

Identifies dependent modules that have raised the Go version.

Installation

You can install why-go-over using Homebrew, from source, or by downloading the binary.

In case you're using Homebrew:

brew install ebi-yade/tap/why-go-over

Other ways

From Source

go install github.com/ebi-yade/why-go-over/cmd/why-go-over@latest

Downloading the Binary

You can download the binary from the releases page,

Usage

Imagine you run go get -u ./... and notice that the go directive in your go.mod file has unexpectedly been updated from 1.22 to 1.23.

To identify which modules caused the required Go version to increase, run:

why-go-over 1.22