Commit 08ba9c02 authored by Agniva De Sarker's avatar Agniva De Sarker Committed by Agniva De Sarker

cmd/go/internal/{run,work,generate}: document file path location requirement

Mention that .go files must be from a single directory
for them to be treated as a single package.

Fixes #21529

Change-Id: I79cb08b9f43888814b1249a7b50bc7bc70bc1c72
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/149797Reviewed-by: default avatarDmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org>
parent 724a86fc
......@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
// Build compiles the packages named by the import paths,
// along with their dependencies, but it does not install the results.
//
// If the arguments to build are a list of .go files, build treats
// them as a list of source files specifying a single package.
// If the arguments to build are a list of .go files from a single directory,
// build treats them as a list of source files specifying a single package.
//
// When compiling a single main package, build writes
// the resulting executable to an output file named after
......@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@
// "go tool foo".
//
// Generate processes packages in the order given on the command line,
// one at a time. If the command line lists .go files, they are treated
// as a single package. Within a package, generate processes the
// one at a time. If the command line lists .go files from a single directory,
// they are treated as a single package. Within a package, generate processes the
// source files in a package in file name order, one at a time. Within
// a source file, generate runs generators in the order they appear
// in the file, one at a time.
......@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@
// go run [build flags] [-exec xprog] package [arguments...]
//
// Run compiles and runs the named main Go package.
// Typically the package is specified as a list of .go source files,
// Typically the package is specified as a list of .go source files from a single directory,
// but it may also be an import path, file system path, or pattern
// matching a single known package, as in 'go run .' or 'go run my/cmd'.
//
......
......@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ specifies that the command "foo" represents the generator
"go tool foo".
Generate processes packages in the order given on the command line,
one at a time. If the command line lists .go files, they are treated
as a single package. Within a package, generate processes the
one at a time. If the command line lists .go files from a single directory,
they are treated as a single package. Within a package, generate processes the
source files in a package in file name order, one at a time. Within
a source file, generate runs generators in the order they appear
in the file, one at a time.
......
......@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var CmdRun = &base.Command{
Short: "compile and run Go program",
Long: `
Run compiles and runs the named main Go package.
Typically the package is specified as a list of .go source files,
Typically the package is specified as a list of .go source files from a single directory,
but it may also be an import path, file system path, or pattern
matching a single known package, as in 'go run .' or 'go run my/cmd'.
......
......@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ var CmdBuild = &base.Command{
Build compiles the packages named by the import paths,
along with their dependencies, but it does not install the results.
If the arguments to build are a list of .go files, build treats
them as a list of source files specifying a single package.
If the arguments to build are a list of .go files from a single directory,
build treats them as a list of source files specifying a single package.
When compiling a single main package, build writes
the resulting executable to an output file named after
......
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