Is that correct that "go get -u" inside a module directory will break dependent package's go.mod requirement?

[sgon00]

$ go version
go version go1.12.5 darwin/amd64

Hi, I am not sure how to express this clearly in English. I will just show all the steps and what I got from go.mod and go.sum in each step in the following.

I have a module directory which has go.mod and main.go.

go.mod:

module tmptest

go 1.12

require github.com/go-pg/pg/v9 v9.0.0-beta.2

main.go:

package main

import (
	"github.com/go-pg/pg/v9"
	"github.com/go-pg/pg/v9/orm"
)
......
......

and then I exeucte

$ go build

go.mod is unchanged here and go.sum is created as follows:

github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
github.com/go-pg/pg/v9 v9.0.0-beta.2 h1:Z+WDTDFN32omw0VSyA3Bj8L3x1+tbuoU7ytUg6+E4QI=
github.com/go-pg/pg/v9 v9.0.0-beta.2/go.mod h1:iVSTa1IJiCa0cN5cJJD5n0k3zYliVQC35Wq8nU82zIo=
github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
github.com/jinzhu/inflection v0.0.0-20180308033659-04140366298a h1:eeaG9XMUvRBYXJi4pg1ZKM7nxc5AfXfojeLLW7O5J3k=
github.com/jinzhu/inflection v0.0.0-20180308033659-04140366298a/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.8.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
github.com/onsi/gomega v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.0 h1:u6yzKTY6gW/KxL/K2NTEQUOSXZipyGiIRarGjJKmQzU=
github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.0/go.mod h1:OeAg3pn3UbLjkWt+rN9oFYB6u/cQgqMEUPoW2WPyhdI=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180910181607-0e37d006457b/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190530122614-20be4c3c3ed5 h1:8dUaAV7K4uHsF56JQWkprecIQKdPHtR9jCHF5nB8uzc=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190530122614-20be4c3c3ed5/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190420063019-afa5a82059c6/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7/go.mod h1:Tz8NjZHkW78fSQdbUxIjBTcgA1z1m8ZHf0WmKUhAMys=
gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
mellium.im/sasl v0.2.1 h1:nspKSRg7/SyO0cRGY71OkfHab8tf9kCts6a6oTDut0w=
mellium.im/sasl v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ROaEDLQNuf9vjKqE1SrAfnsobm2YKXT1gnN1uDp1PjQ=

So far, everything looks fine.

The weird part is when I do go get -u pkg@sameVersion. I did execute the following command:

$ go get -u github.com/go-pg/pg/v9@v9.0.0-beta.2

Note that I am just getting the same version again. I expected no change.
But Now, everything changed.

go.mod:

module tmptest

go 1.12

require (
	github.com/go-pg/pg/v9 v9.0.0-beta.2
	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
	github.com/kr/pty v1.1.8 // indirect
	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190701094942-4def268fd1a4 // indirect
	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190724013045-ca1201d0de80 // indirect
	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190804053845-51ab0e2deafa // indirect
	golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 // indirect
	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190802220118-1d1727260058 // indirect
	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
)

go.sum:

github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
github.com/go-pg/pg/v9 v9.0.0-beta.2 h1:Z+WDTDFN32omw0VSyA3Bj8L3x1+tbuoU7ytUg6+E4QI=
github.com/go-pg/pg/v9 v9.0.0-beta.2/go.mod h1:iVSTa1IJiCa0cN5cJJD5n0k3zYliVQC35Wq8nU82zIo=
github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
github.com/jinzhu/inflection v0.0.0-20180308033659-04140366298a h1:eeaG9XMUvRBYXJi4pg1ZKM7nxc5AfXfojeLLW7O5J3k=
github.com/jinzhu/inflection v0.0.0-20180308033659-04140366298a/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD/E=
github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
github.com/kr/pty v1.1.8/go.mod h1:O1sed60cT9XZ5uDucP5qwvh+TE3NnUj51EiZO/lmSfw=
github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.8.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
github.com/onsi/gomega v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.0 h1:u6yzKTY6gW/KxL/K2NTEQUOSXZipyGiIRarGjJKmQzU=
github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.0/go.mod h1:OeAg3pn3UbLjkWt+rN9oFYB6u/cQgqMEUPoW2WPyhdI=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180910181607-0e37d006457b/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190530122614-20be4c3c3ed5 h1:8dUaAV7K4uHsF56JQWkprecIQKdPHtR9jCHF5nB8uzc=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190530122614-20be4c3c3ed5/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190701094942-4def268fd1a4 h1:HuIa8hRrWRSrqYzx1qI49NNxhdi2PrY7gxVSq1JjLDc=
golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190701094942-4def268fd1a4/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190420063019-afa5a82059c6/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190724013045-ca1201d0de80/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190804053845-51ab0e2deafa/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190802220118-1d1727260058/go.mod h1:jcCCGcm9btYwXyDqrUWc6MKQKKGJCWEQ3AfLSRIbEuI=
gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7/go.mod h1:Tz8NjZHkW78fSQdbUxIjBTcgA1z1m8ZHf0WmKUhAMys=
gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
mellium.im/sasl v0.2.1 h1:nspKSRg7/SyO0cRGY71OkfHab8tf9kCts6a6oTDut0w=
mellium.im/sasl v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ROaEDLQNuf9vjKqE1SrAfnsobm2YKXT1gnN1uDp1PjQ=

This really doesn't look correct to me.

Because if you check https://github.com/go-pg/pg/blob/v9.0.0-beta.2/go.mod and https://github.com/go-pg/pg/blob/v9.0.0-beta.2/go.sum, you can see that the only package I imported does require github.com/jinzhu/inflection v0.0.0-20180308033659-04140366298a for instance. BUT go get -u pkg@sameVersion breaks it and gives me github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect in my go.mod.

I really don't understand the mess in my go.mod. Why did go get -u add the incorrect indirect dependencies to my go.mod? Right now, I am really afraid to run go get -u. Is this expected?

[andig]

I feel this may be due to go 1.12 not yet using package cache (GOPROXY) but already relying on modules go.mod instead of looking for actual requirements. See spf13/viper#707 for a potentially related issue.

[bcmills]

go get -u explicitly requests that the go command update the transitive dependencies of the named package.

However, in Go 1.12, in updated the module dependencies rather than the package dependencies (see #26902).

Please try go1.13beta1 and see if the results are clearer.

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