cmd/go: document GOPATH default exception

Doesn't get defaulted if $HOME/go is a GOROOT.

Change-Id: I6ac8211a74029e4ad70a50f6e7884a039a27ab05
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/33720
Run-TryBot: Russ Cox <[email protected]>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <[email protected]>

Author: rsc

src/cmd/go/alldocs.go

@@ -931,7 +931,8 @@
 //
 // If the environment variable is unset, GOPATH defaults
 // to a subdirectory named "go" in the user's home directory
-// ($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows).
+// ($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows),
+// unless that directory holds a Go distribution.
 // Run "go env GOPATH" to see the current GOPATH.
 //
 // Each directory listed in GOPATH must have a prescribed structure:

src/cmd/go/help.go

@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ On Plan 9, the value is a list.
 
 If the environment variable is unset, GOPATH defaults
 to a subdirectory named "go" in the user's home directory
-($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows).
+($HOME/go on Unix, %USERPROFILE%\go on Windows),
+unless that directory holds a Go distribution.
 Run "go env GOPATH" to see the current GOPATH.
 
 Each directory listed in GOPATH must have a prescribed structure: