Major version updates

[oligot]

Figure out a way to automatically find major updates for a given module, as major versions use a different module path, as explained in Go Modules: v2 and Beyond.

See also marwan-at-work/mod which allow to upgrade major versions of known modules (meaning, you know which module has a new major version, whereas in go-mod-upgrade, the tool should discover it for you).

[oligot]

See also golang/go#38762

[StevenACoffman]

That go issue is superseded by golang/go#40357 (deprecated notification) and golang/go#40323 (notify about newer major versions)

[oligot]

Thanks for the follow-up !

Major modules version in Go is a hot topic right now, with articles like Semantic Import Versioning is unsound and Go Modules have a v2+ Problem.

[StevenACoffman]

You may be interested in this experimental tool that discovers major updates BTW: https://github.com/icholy/gomajor

[StevenACoffman]

BTW, I use go-mod-upgrade a lot, so thanks very much for it!

[oligot]

Thanks for the link, @StevenACoffman !

Finding the latest version of a module is still quite hacky for now, as it requires parsing the html from the https://pkg.go.dev website.

I hope there will be an "official" way (via go list for example) in the future to retrieve the latest major version of a module, so that we could use it in go-mod-upgrade.

[StevenACoffman]

gomajor has been updated ( in icholy/gomajor#4) to find newer versions using the module proxy. Still not "official" but better than scraping the pkg.go.dev website.